Winter Soldier wants a deck that plays cheap creatures and attacks from the first turns. It also works in a deck built around Heroes, Humans or Soldiers.
Mana cost
White ()
Power / toughness3 / 5
RarityRare
Whenever Winter Soldier attacks, return target creature card with mana value less than or equal to Winter Soldier's power from your graveyard to the battlefield. If a Hero enters this way, it enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
Picked for what they do in Winter Soldier's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Winter Soldier's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Open the full glossary
Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryWPlayers write colors as letters: W for white.AggroAggro decks play cheap creatures early and attack every turn, trying to knock opponents out before their bigger plans come together.Open the Aggro page+1/+1 CountersPuts +1/+1 counters on creatures, permanently raising their power and toughness. Unlike a temporary boost that wears off at end of turn, these markers stay put and stack up over a long game. Hardened Scales, The Great HengeOpen the +1/+1 Counters pageHeroesHeroes are creatures spread across every color, including the superheroes of Magic's Marvel cards.Open the Heroes pageStatic BuffGives creatures a lasting bonus to power and toughness while it remains on the battlefield, rather than a boost that wears off at end of turn. Garruk's Uprising, Patchwork BannerOpen the Static Buff pageRecursionBrings cards back from the graveyard: to your hand, to the battlefield, or letting them be cast again from where they lie. Eternal Witness, Reanimate, VictimizeOpen the Recursion pageSoldiersSoldiers are mostly white, and many cards make Soldier tokens, so Soldier decks tend to spread out with lots of creatures.Open the Soldiers page
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