The Foretold Soldier
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Doctor WhoWHO · #986
- Card type
- Creature — Alien Zombie Soldier
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- ★ 1.18 € · ★ 1.17 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 6
- Toughness
- 6
- Colour
- Green
Card text
This creature must be blocked if able. This creature can't be blocked by more than one creature. Whenever this creature deals damage, exile it face down. It becomes foretold. Foretell (During your turn, you may pay and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Fajareka Setiawan
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2023-10-13
Rulings
Because exiling a card with foretell from your hand is a special action, you can do so any time you have priority during your turn, including in response to spells and abilities. Once you announce you're taking the action, no other player can respond by trying to remove the card from your hand.
Casting a foretold card from exile follows the timing rules for that card. If you foretell an instant card, you can cast it as soon as the next player's turn. In most cases, if you foretell a card that isn't an instant (like The Foretold Soldier), you'll have to wait until your next turn to cast it.
If a card is a copy of The Foretold Soldier on the battlefield, it can be exiled by the triggered ability and will become foretold. However, it may only be cast this way if it has a foretell cost in exile.
Regardless of who controlled The Foretold Soldier and exiled it with its triggered ability, only its owner may cast it from exile this way.