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Mercenary
Mercenary
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/tribal cards)
Beeble Scale 7[1]
Statistics
46 cards
{W} 6.5% {U} 2.2% {B} 71.7% {R} 13% {G} 2.2% {W/U} 2.2% {B/R} 2.2%
2 Mercenary creation cards
{B} 50% {R} 50%
as of Fallout
Scryfall Search
type:"Mercenary"

Mercenary is a creature class. Mercenaries are individuals who sell their services in combat for money.[2] Mercenaries have a reputation for being thuggish brutes or dangerously untrustworthy cads, though some are honorable.

History[ | ]

The class debuted in Ice Age as "Mercenaries" on the card Mercenaries, with the creature type being heavily featured in Mercadian Masques and the remainder of the Masques block as black creatures.

Some cards printed prior to Masques block have been amended by errata and are now Mercenaries,[3][4] and some Mercenaries, including red ones, have been printed since then as well.

Like many creatures with the Rebel creature type, a lot of Mercenaries have the ability to "recruit" or "hire" other Mercenaries (i.e., allowing a player to search their library and putting a Mercenary card from it onto the battlefield). Due to their generally unsavory and untrustworthy natures, however, Mercenaries can only recruit creatures weaker (that is, with a lower converted mana cost) than they are.

Mercenaries returned in the Universes Beyond: Fallout commander decks to represent the antagonist forces of Conrad Kellogg.

Notable Mercenaries[ | ]

Dominaria
Fallout

Notable mercenary organizations[ | ]

Tokens[ | ]

Token Name Color Type Line P/T Text Box Source Printings
Wasteland Raider Black Creature — Human Mercenary 4/3 When Wasteland Raider enters the battlefield, each player sacrifices a creature.
Thrill-Kill Disciple Red Creature — Human Mercenary 3/2 When Thrill-Kill Disciple dies, create a Junk token.

Trivia[ | ]

  • The black Mercadian Masques sorcery Cateran Summons allows its controller to search their library for a Mercenary card and put it into their hand.

References[ | ]

  1. Mark Rosewater (2019-12-29). "Where is rebel and mercenary on the beeble scale?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  2. Magic Arcana (July 12, 2005). "Renegade from the Mountains". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. Mark Gottlieb (September 26, 2007). "The Grand Creature Type Update". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. Mark Gottlieb (July 14, 2010). "July 2010 Update Bulletin". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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