Icatian Lieutenant

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Legality

Format Legality
1v1 Commander Legal
Archenemy Legal
Canadian Highlander Legal
Casual Legal
Commander / EDH Legal
Commander: Rule 0 Legal
Custom Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Highlander Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Pauper Legal
Pauper Duel Commander Legal
Pauper EDH Legal
Planechase Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Icatian Lieutenant

Creature — Human Soldier

(1)(White): Target Soldier creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

DreadKhan on Band of Kjeldor

5 months ago

I think some people play with cards up to certain dates, there is a 93/94 format that only uses cards from that period, but some people add more years. If you're just playing Casual I think you can run what you want, but it might be fun to have a specific plan of what you're going to use (it also makes it a lot easier to find cards if you only use stuff from a block).

I used to use Castle when I was a kid, my main concern is that it only buffs toughness when untapped, so I guess it depends if you think that's useful enough. It's a solid card with enough Vigilance creatures (creatures that attack without tapping in old language), but not adding any power is pretty annoying. There used to be a card that offered White creatures +1/+1 from Alpha, but IIRC it's a banned card now, rarely an issue but annoying for you maybe! IIRC Farmstead is a very weak card, you'd almost be better off running another Plains from what I remember. That said, if the card has a special connection to you that's pretty normal in casual formats (I have Uncle Istvan in a Casual Commander deck), but I wouldn't run x4 of it.

If you're open to other old sets, there is Icatian Lieutenant that can buff any soldier, that would be very useful late game with multiple First Strike creatures, while Icatian Priest works on any creature (but is an awkward 3 mana to use). There is also Morale, but I think that's an actively bad card in most situations.