The Great Creature Type Challenge, Day 234 - Soldier

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Type of the Day: Soldier

Over 280 creature types exist in Magic. Some of them have been more prominent than others. All of them deserve some time in the sun. That's where this daily contest thread comes in. The rules are detailed below:

To Enter:

• Note the type for the day, which will be the creature type directly after the previous day's in alphabetical order.
• Design a creature (or kindred, previously tribal) card that has the day's specified creature type. This is the only restriction - as long as you have the right typeline, you can design any card you want. You can include any other types you like, as long as you have the specified one for the day.
• Vote for two of the other entrants from the previous day. (In the event that there are two or fewer entries that you are allowed to vote for, you may vote for only one.)

Scoring:

A running score tally will be kept for all players' totals throughout the length of this contest. In addition, an honor roll of the winners of each day (the champions of that day's creature type) will also be maintained in spoilered form in each day's thread. Once all the creature types have been cycled through, and voting for the final alphabetical type (presently Zubera) is done, there will be a highly prestigious overall winner as well!

Other Rules:

Just like any other daily contests, anyone is free to enter as many or as few days as they like and begin entering at any time.

The list of creature types that will be used in this contest is the Comprehensive Rules list, which includes "canon" creature types, those which are only used on tokens at this time, ones only used in Universes Beyond or D&D crossover products, and ones only used in Unfinity, the most recent acorn set. If new types are added to the Comprehensive Rules list during the run of this contest, they will be included in a thread if and only if they are alphabetically later than the current day's type.

The penalty for entering without exactly two votes for the previous day's cards will be 7 days probation, during which there will be no restrictions on continuing to enter the contest or score points. However, if a player fails to vote properly again during probation, their card will not be eligible for voting the next day.

Threads will be archived by letter: Once the first day with a type starting with B is posted, for example, all threads for types starting with A will be sent to the Contest Archives.

Scores:

ApocalypseChive 591 (+2)
Ink-Treader 585 (+5)
Subject16 559 (+5)
void_nothing 515 (+2)
netn10 401 (+2)
lookingupanddown 361 (+0)
Henlock 296
slimytrout 203
Sporegorger_Dragon 144 (+0)
Komandon 130 (+1)
JovialJovian 56
OneAndOnly 41
CunningGabe 37
Caspernicus 30
kwanyeegor-ii 27
Facsimus 20
MonoRedMage 20
KB52665 18
GorionsWard 8 (+1)
Wren 8
Crabby 7
AnotherAlias 5
wizyard 4
Peazful 3
Feyd_Ruin 2

Past Champions

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Advisor: slimytrout, Ink-Treader, ApocalypseChive, Henlock
Aetherborn: Ink-Treader
Alien: Ink-Treader
Ally: slimytrout
Angel: Ink-Treader
Antelope: ApocalypseChive, Henlock, Subject16
Ape: slimytrout, Subject16, netn10
Archer: Ink-Treader, Henlock, ApocalypseChive, netn10
Archon: slimytrout
Army: OneAndOnly
Artificer: slimytrout, Subject16
Assassin: Henlock, Subject16
Assembly-Worker: slimytrout
Astartes: ApocalypseChive
Atog: void_nothing
Aurochs: netn10, void_nothing, Ink-Treader
Avatar: Subject16
Azra: MonoRedMage
Badger: Subject16, OneAndOnly
Balloon: Subject16
Barbarian: Henlock
Bard: Ink-Treader
Basilisk: netn10, OneAndOnly
Bat: ApocalypseChive, Subject16
Bear: Ink-Treader, ApocalypseChive
Beast: slimytrout, Subject16
Beeble: Subject16
Beholder: void_nothing
Berserker: ApocalypseChive
Bird: kwanyeegor-ii
Blinkmoth: Subject16
Boar: void_nothing
Bringer: slimytrout
Brushwagg: JovialJovian
Camarid: JovialJovian
Camel: slimytrout, void_nothing
Caribou: Ink-Treader
Carrier: ApocalypseChive
Cat: Henlock
Centaur: void_nothing
Cephalid: ApocalypseChive, Ink-Treader, Subject16, Henlock
Child: Subject16
Chimera: Ink-Treader
Citizen: Ink-Treader
Cleric: JovialJovian
Clown: Subject16
Cockatrice: JovialJovian
Construct: Ink-Treader, Henlock
Coward: Henlock
Crab: ApocalypseChive, lookingupanddown
Crocodile: Ink-Treader
C'tan: void_nothing
Custodes: slimytrout, Henlock, netn10
Cyclops: slimytrout
Dauthi: Subject16
Demigod: ApocalypseChive
Demon: slimytrout
Deserter: ApocalypseChive
Devil: lookingupanddown
Dinosaur: void_nothing
Djinn: lookingupanddown
Dog: Subject16, lookingupanddown
Dragon: Ink-Treader
Drake: slimytrout
Dreadnought: void_nothing, Ink-Treader
Drone: Subject16
Druid: void_nothing
Dryad: ApocalypseChive, void_nothing
Dwarf: Subject16, void_nothing
Efreet: Ink-Treader
Egg: slimytrout
Elder: slimytrout
Eldrazi: JovialJovian
Elemental: slimytrout
Elephant: void_nothing
Elf: Ink-Treader
Elk: Henlock
Employee: Subject16
Eye: void_nothing
Faerie: Ink-Treader, void_nothing
Ferret: Ink-Treader, slimytrout
Fish: Ink-Treader
Flagbearer: Subject16
Fox: slimytrout
Fractal: Ink-Treader, Subject16, netn10
Frog: Subject16, Henlock, lookingupanddown
Fungus: Ink-Treader, void_nothing
Gamer: Ink-Treader, ApocalypseChive
Gargoyle: Subject16, Henlock
Germ: void_nothing
Giant: Subject16, ApocalypseChive, void_nothing
Gith: Henlock
Gnoll: ApocalypseChive, void_nothing
Gnome: Henlock
Goat: Ink-Treader
Goblin: Ink-Treader
God: lookingupanddown
Golem: ApocalypseChive
Gorgon: Henlock
Graveborn: Ink-Treader
Gremlin: Henlock, netn10, void_nothing
Griffin: Subject16
Guest: Subject16, Henlock
Hag: Ink-Treader
Halfling: ApocalypseChive, Henlock
Hamster: Komandon
Harpy: Subject16
Hellion: Komandon, Subject16
Hippo: Ink-Treader, ApocalypseChive
Hippogriff: ApocalypseChive, lookingupanddown
Homarid: Henlock
Homunculus: ApocalypseChive, Subject16, netn10, lookingupanddown, Ink-Treader
Horror: Subject16
Horse: ApocalypseChive
Human: Subject16
Hydra: ApocalypseChive
Hyena: Subject16
Illusion: Subject16
Imp: Ink-Treader
Incarnation: void_nothing
Inkling: lookingupanddown
Inquisitor: void_nothing, lookingupanddown
Insect: Ink-Treader, Henlock, lookingupanddown
Jackal: ApocalypseChive
Jellyfish: Subject16
Juggernaut: Facsimus
Kavu: Henlock, void_nothing
Kirin: Henlock
Kithkin: ApocalypseChive, Ink-Treader, void_nothing
Knight: Ink-Treader
Kobold: Subject16, lookingupanddown
Kor: Ink-Treader
Kraken: void_nothing
Lamia: netn10
Lammasu: Ink-Treader, lookingupanddown
Leech: ApocalypseChive, void_nothing
Leviathan: Henlock
Lhurgoyf: Caspernicus
Licid: Henlock
Lizard: ApocalypseChive, Ink-Treader
Manticore: Ink-Treader, netn10, Komandon
Masticore: void_nothing
Mercenary: Ink-Treader, Caspernicus
Merfolk: Ink-Treader, void_nothing, netn10
Metathran: void_nothing
Minion: Ink-Treader, Caspernicus
Minotaur: ApocalypseChive
Mite: lookingupanddown
Mole: void_nothing, Henlock, JovialJovian
Monger: Ink-Treader, lookingupanddown
Mongoose: Ink-Treader
Monk: netn10
Monkey: wizyard
Moonfolk: Ink-Treader, ApocalypseChive
Mouse: ApocalypseChive, void_nothing, netn10
Mutant: lookingupanddown
Myr: ApocalypseChive
Mystic: ApocalypseChive
Naga: Ink-Treader
Nautilus: Ink-Treader
Necron: ApocalypseChive, lookingupanddown
Nephilim: Ink-Treader
Nightmare: void_nothing, Subject16
Nightstalker: Subject16
Ninja: Ink-Treader, Subject16, Sporegorger_Dragon
Noble: lookingupanddown
Noggle: ApocalypseChive
Nomad: Subject16, Sporegorger_Dragon
Nymph: Subject16
Octopus: Ink-Treader
Ogre: Subject16
Ooze: ApocalypseChive
Orb: Ink-Treader, netn10
Orc: Subject16
Orgg: Komandon
Otter: Sporegorger_Dragon
Ouphe: ApocalypseChive, void_nothing
Ox: Ink-Treader
Oyster: Subject16
Pangolin: Subject16, Sporegorger_Dragon
Peasant: Subject16
Pegasus: Subject16
Pentavite: Subject16
Performer: CunningGabe
Pest: Ink-Treader, Subject16, netn10
Phelddagrif: void_nothing, netn10
Phoenix: ApocalypseChive
Phyrexian: Ink-Treader
Pilot: CunningGabe
Pincher: Ink-Treader
Pirate: Sporegorger_Dragon
Plant: CunningGabe
Praetor: void_nothing
Primarch: Ink-Treader, Subject16
Prism: ApocalypseChive
Processor: ApocalypseChive, KB52665
Rabbit: ApocalypseChive, Ink-Treader, Komandon
Raccoon: Ink-Treader, netn10, Komandon, KB52665
Ranger: ApocalypseChive, Ink-Treader, void_nothing, lookingupanddown, Sporegorger_Dragon
Rat: ApocalypseChive, Ink-Treader, lookingupanddown, Komandon
Rebel: lookingupanddown, Sporegorger_Dragon
Reflection: ApocalypseChive
Rhino: Sporegorger_Dragon
Rigger: netn10
Robot: lookingupanddown
Rogue: void_nothing
Sable: Sporegorger_Dragon
Salamander: netn10
Samurai: Ink-Treader
Sand: Ink-Treader
Saproling: Sporegorger_Dragon, void_nothing, ApocalypseChive
Satyr: Subject16, void_nothing, netn10, CunningGabe, Sporegorger_Dragon
Scarecrow: Sporegorger_Dragon
Scientist: Sporegorger_Dragon
Scion: Ink-Treader
Scorpion: Subject16
Scout: Ink-Treader, Sporegorger_Dragon
Sculpture: lookingupanddown
Serf: Ink-Treader, Komandon
Serpent: Subject16
Servo: Subject16
Shade: Subject16
Shaman: netn10, Subject16
Shapeshifter: netn10, Subject16
Shark: Subject16
Sheep: Subject16
Siren: Sporegorger_Dragon
Skeleton: Subject16, void_nothing
Slith: Subject16, void_nothing
Sliver: Subject16, Sporegorger_Dragon
Slug: ApocalypseChive, Sporegorger_Dragon, GorionsWard
Snail: Ink-Treader, Subject16

Note of the Day:

Yesterday's Submissions:

(Yesterday's Type: Snake)

Snail votes: Ink-Treader, Subject16

Sibilant Whisperer 1BB
Creature - Snake Demon (R)
Menace
When Sibilant Whisperer enters the battlefield, each opponent may draw a card. Each player who does gets an emblem with "You can't gain life." If they already have that emblem, they lose 4 life instead.
4/3

Votes: Subject16, netn10

Fensnake Skeleton 3BB
Creature - Snake Skeleton (Uncommon)
Menace
Morbid — 2B, Exile Fensnake Skeleton from your graveyard: Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn. If a creature died this turn, target creature gets -7/-7 until end of turn instead.
"It doesn't matter if it's just dry bones at this point. Crush its skull once it stops moving."
—Halana, Kessig ranger
5/1

Votes: Subject16, Komandon

Wasteland Rattler
2{G}
Creature - Snake Rogue (U)
Deathtouch
2{R}: Target creature can't block Wasteland Rattler this turn.
3/2
============
Warning Rattle
1{R}
Kindred Sorcery - Adventure
Up to two target creatures can't block this turn.

Votes: Ink-Treader, void_nothing

@Komandon: Scary stuff

Pearl-Rune Snake 1W
Creature - Snake (Common)
Flash
When Pearl-Rune Snake enters the battlefield, draw a card.
2: Pearl-Rune Snake gains deathtouch until end of turn.
It uses its scale color to allure both beasts and hunters. Drawn by an illusion of weakness, they soon realize that it is nothing but.
1/1

Ink-Treader, GorionsWard

Gluttonous Python 1GW
Creature — Snake (R)
Trample
When Gluttonous Python enters the battlefield, exile target creature an opponent controls until Gluttonous Python leaves the battlefield.
3GW, Put a creature card exiled with Gluttonous Python into its owner's graveyard: Put X +1/+1 counters on Gluttonous Python, where X is the exiled creature's power.
2/2

Vote: ApocalypseChive, void_nothing

Duskscale Coatl 1BG
Creature - Snake (U)
Flying, deathtouch
When Duskscale Coatl enters the battlefield, target opponent discards a card.
Unearth 1BB
1/1

Votes: Subject16 and Ink-Treader

Constrict
Kindred Aura - Snake
Enchant non-snake creature
At the beginning of your end step, put a -1/-1 counter on enchanted creature.

Votes: netn10 , Subject16

Titanoboa 7gGG
Creature - Snake (rare)
Trample, Convoke
Creatures that block or become blocked by Titanboa lose first strike, double strike, deathtouch and trample until end of turn.
Titanboa doesn't untap during your untap step.
2, tap two untapped creatures: Untap Titanboa.
12/12

Votes: Ink-Treader, ApocalypseChive

Matsu-Tribe Bodyguards 3GG
Creature - Snake Warrior Archer (U)
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control a legendary creature, Matsu-Tribe Bodyguards gains indestructible until end of turn. If you control a legendary Snake, put a +1/+1 counter on Matsu-Tribe Bodyguards.
At end of combat on your turn, if Matsu-Tribe Bodyguards attacked this turn, tap target creature an opponent controls and put two stun counters on it.
4/4

[ApocalypseChive]

Snake votes: Subject16, void

Fallaji Quick-Draw 1R
Creature - Human Soldier (U)
Haste
Whenever Fallaji Quick-Draw becomes the target of an equip ability, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the amount of mana spent to activate that ability.
Mishra's elite forces trained with a variety of weapons, allowing them to dispatch both organic and artificial enemies.
2/1

[Sporegorger_Dragon]

Vote: lookingupanddown, Subject16

Orcish War General
3{B}{R}
Creature - Orc Soldier (U)
Whenever Orcish War General enters the battlefield or attacks, amass Orcs 2.
Each other creature you control that is an Army or Soldier gets +1/+1.
3/4
Even the cowardly among orcs are a threat once united through military discipline. And fear.

[netn10]

Votes: ApocalypseChive, GorionsWard

Vast Squadron WW
Creature - Soldier (Rare)
Squad WW
Battle cry
Battalion - Whenever Vast Squadron attacks with two or more other creatures, amass White Solders 2.
2/2

[GorionsWard]

Vote: Ink-Treader and Komandon

Firm Mentor 1w
Creature - Human Soldier (U)
First Strike
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, bolster 1. (Choose a creature you control with the least toughness or tied for the least toughness among creatures you control. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)
1/1

[lookingupanddown]

Votes: Sporegorger_Dragon, Komandon

Dawnbringer Commander 3WWW
Creature - Angel Soldier
Flying, vigilance
At the beginning of your postcombat main phase, if Dawnbringer Commander attacked this turn, you may pay 3WW and tap it. If you do, return all other creature cards that were put into your graveyard during combat to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on each of them.
"This garrison will never fall. Not under my watch."
3/3

[Ink-Treader]

Vote: lookingupanddown, Subject16

Wary Tactician 1UW
Creature - Human Soldier (U)
Vigilance
{W/U}: Target creature you control gains vigilance until end of turn.
T, Tap two untapped creatures you control: Counter target spell or ability. Activate only during combat.
2/3

[Subject16]

Sporegorger_Dragon, netn10

Drill Sergeant 1W
Artifact Creature — Construct Soldier (U)
Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.)
Drill Sergeant's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifacts you control.
"New automatons may be built for battle, but they are not yet ready for war."
—Sargis Haz, artificer
*/*

[void_nothing]

Votes: netn10, Subject16

Saprazzan Marine 3U
Creature - Merfolk Soldier Scout (R)
As Saprazzan Marine enters the battlefield, choose a basic land type.
Saprazzan Marine has landwalk of the chosen type.
Whenever a land of the chosen type enters the battlefield, Saprazzan Marine explores.
1W: Saprazzan Marine phases out.
2/2