First printed in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (2020)
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Creature — Human Soldier
As this creature enters, choose odd or even. (Zero is even.)
This creature has protection from each mana value of the chosen quality.
"Take one wrong step out here and you're dead. I take only right steps."
3/3
- Illustrated by
- Zoltan Boros
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Standard Brawl
Rulings (4)
- The mana value of a token that isn't a copy of another object is 0. A token that is a copy of another object has the same mana value as that object.
- If Lavabrink Venturer somehow has no choice made for its ability, its last ability grants it no protection abilities.
- You choose odd or even for Lavabrink Venturer before it enters the battlefield. There's no point at which players can target it before it has gained the appropriate protection abilities.
- For spells with
in their mana costs, use the value chosen for X to determine the spell's mana value. If a permanent or card in any other zone has in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).