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Creature — Human Soldier Ranger
LegalRank #757
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a creature card with mana value 1 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Sacrifice this creature: Your opponents can't cast noncreature spells this turn.
3/3
Why is this card good?
Ranger-Captain of Eos is a deceptively powerful combo and toolbox piece. The ETB tutors any 1-drop creature to hand — think Esper Sentinel, Mother of Runes, Walking Ballista, Sanctum Prelate, or a combo enabler. That flexibility alone makes it a strong glue card in white decks.
The real prize is the sacrifice ability: a one-sided Silence on a stick. Crack it before you go off and opponents can't respond with counterspells, removal, or instant-speed interaction (only creature spells). That's enormous protection for a combo turn, making it a staple in competitive and high-power white combo decks.
Wants it: cEDH white/Esper combo, Hatebears/stax shells, any deck packing strong 1-mana creatures or assembling a kill that needs to dodge counters. Commanders like Heliod, Kinnan, or anything with a creature combo love it.
Skip it in casual creature-light or non-tutor-dependent decks — if you have no impactful 1-drops and aren't comboing, you're paying three mana for a 3/3 with a niche tax that mostly annoys your pod.
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Printings (4)
Rulings (2)
- 2019-06-14
If a card in a player’s library has
in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0. - 2019-06-14
Your opponents may cast spells in response to the last ability of Ranger-Captain of Eos. The ability won’t affect those spells and it won’t affect spells that those players cast before you activated it. (In other words, the ability can’t be used to counter a spell.)