First printed in Journey into Nyx (2014)
Creature — Human Soldier
Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Whenever a +1/+1 counter is put on this creature, remove a +1/+1 counter from target creature an opponent controls.
2/1
- Illustrated by
- Jeff Simpson
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, PreDH, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (6)
- Heroic abilities will trigger only once per spell, even if that spell targets the creature with the heroic ability multiple times.
- Heroic abilities will resolve before the spell that caused them to trigger.
- If multiple +1/+1 counters are placed on Bloodcrazed Hoplite simultaneously, it last ability will trigger once for each of those counters.
- Bloodcrazed Hoplite's last ability will trigger whenever any +1/+1 counter is placed on it, not just ones due to its heroic ability.
- Heroic abilities won't trigger when a copy of a spell is created on the stack or when a spell's targets are changed to include a creature with a heroic ability.
- If Bloodcrazed Hoplite enters the battlefield with +1/+1 counters on it, its last ability will trigger once for each of those counters.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
12 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite proliferate: Bloodcrazed Hoplite + Patrolling Peacemaker + Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant
- Infinite proliferate: Bloodcrazed Hoplite + Fateful Handoff + Patrolling Peacemaker
- Infinite proliferate: Bloodcrazed Hoplite + Patrolling Peacemaker + Wrong Turn
- Infinite proliferate: Bloodcrazed Hoplite + Harmless Offering + Patrolling Peacemaker
- Infinite proliferate: Bloodcrazed Hoplite + Donate + Patrolling Peacemaker
- Infinite proliferate: Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot + Bloodcrazed Hoplite + Patrolling Peacemaker
- Infinite proliferate: Bloodcrazed Hoplite + Iroh, Tea Master + Patrolling Peacemaker
- Infinite proliferate: Bloodcrazed Hoplite + Coveted Falcon + Patrolling Peacemaker
- Infinite proliferate: Bloodcrazed Hoplite + Patrolling Peacemaker + Switcheroo
- Infinite proliferate: Bloodcrazed Hoplite + Patrolling Peacemaker + Zedruu the Greathearted