Warrior

Warrior
Creature Type
	(Subtype for creature/tribal cards)
Statistics	831 cards 9.9% 3.4% 13.5% 34.1% 23.2% 0.7% 0.4% 2.5% 4.2% 1.6% 0.5% 0.1% 1.1% 1.4% 0.2% 2.6% 0.6% as of Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
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	type:"Warrior"

Description[]

Warriors are combatants who fight alone or in loose hordes.^[2] Unlike soldiers, whose strength is in their numbers, a single warrior is often content to take on the world all by him- or herself. Warriors favor brute strength over cunning, sheer will over tactics. Many warriors have trample.

The first card to feature the type was Cat Warriors from Legends. Retroactively, many cards like Dwarven Warriors, Goblin Balloon Brigade and Orcish Artillery from Alpha gained the type, as well. Most warriors are black, red, or green.^[3]^[4] However, some worlds have White warriors, such as Amonkhet, Tarkir, Kaldheim and Zendikar specifically in Zendikar Rising.

Notable Warriors[]

Alara

Amonkhet

Arcavios

Laelia

Dominaria

Eldraine

Fiora

Adriana Vallore

Ikoria

Cazur
Winota

Innistrad

Ir

Ruhan

Ixalan

Huatli

Kaldheim

Fynn
King Harald
Koll
Mata
Ranar
Sigrid
Svella

Kamigawa

Kylem

Lorwyn/Shadowmoor

Mirrodin/New Phyrexia

Rath

Ravnica

Tarkir

Theros

Zendikar

Unknown

Bablovia

Ol' Buzzbark

Other

Non-canon[]

Bruenor Battlehammer

Tribal type[]

Morningtide featured Obsidian Battle-Axe, an equipment that equips for free on Warriors if they just entered the battlefield.

Lords[]

Lovisa Coldeyes gives all Warriors +2/+2 and Haste.
Brighthearth Banneret makes Warrior spells cheaper to cast.
Chief of the Edge and Chief of the Scale give +1/+0 and +0/+1, respectively.
Herald of Dromoka gives Warriors Vigilance.
Blood-Chin Rager gives Warriors Menace.
Rushblade Commander gives Warriors Haste.
Kargan Warleader gives Warriors +1/+1.
Kor Blademaster gives equipped Warriors double strike.

Tokens[]

Token Name	Color	Type Line	P/T	Text Box	Source
Warrior	White	Creature — Warrior	1/1		Blaring Recruiter Herald of Anafenza Mardu Charm Mardu Hordechief Najeela, the Blade-Blossom Regna, the Redeemer Secure the Wastes Take Up Arms
	White	Creature — Warrior	1/1	Vigilance	Cartouche of Solidarity Oketra the True Oketra's Monument Start Supply Caravan
	Black	Creature — Warrior	2/1		Mardu Strike Leader
	Red	Creature — Warrior	1/1		Rally the Horde
Angel Warrior	White	Creature — Angel Warrior	4/4	Flying	Emeria's Call
Angel Warrior	White	Creature — Angel Warrior	4/4	Flying, vigilance	Firja's Retribution Starnheim Unleashed Valkyrie's Sword
Cat Warrior	Green	Creature — Cat Warrior	2/2	Forestwalk	Lord Windgrace Jedit Ojanen of Efrava^[6]
Elf Warrior	Green	Creature — Elf Warrior	1/1		Ambassador Oak Battle for Bretagard Dwynen's Elite Elderleaf Mentor Elven Ambush Elven Bow Elvish Promenade Elvish Warmaster Exquisite Huntmaster Eyeblight Cullers Flourishing Defenses Gilt-Leaf Ambush Hunting Triad Imperious Perfect Lathril, Blade of the Elves Lys Alana Huntmaster Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel Nath of the Gilt-Leaf Presence of Gond Prowess of the Fair Return Upon the Tide Skemfar Elderhall Sylvan Offering Thorn Lieutenant Tyvar Kell Wolverine Riders
Elf Warrior	Green/White	Creature — Elf Warrior	1/1		Mercy Killing Rhys the Redeemed
Giant Warrior	White	Creature — Giant Warrior	5/5		Feudkiller's Verdict
Giant Warrior	Red/Green	Creature — Giant Warrior	4/4	Haste	Giantbaiting
Goblin Warrior	Red/Green	Creature — Goblin Warrior	1/1		Wort, the Raidmother
Human Warrior	White	Creature — Human Warrior	1/1		Battle for Bretagard Beskir Shieldmate Maja, Bretagard Protector Usher of the Fallen
Human Warrior	Red/White	Creature — Human Warrior	3/1	Trample, haste	Outlaws' Merriment
Stangg Twin	Red/Green	Legendary Creature — Human Warrior	3/4		Stangg
Kor Warrior	White	Creature — Kor Warrior	1/1		Nahiri, Heir of the Ancients
Sand Warrior	Red/Green/White	Creature — Sand Warrior	1/1		Hazezon Tamar
Salamander Warrior	Blue	Creature — Salamander Warrior	4/3		Amphin Mutineer Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist
Nacatl War-Pride	Green	Creature — Cat Warrior	3/3	Nacatl War-Pride must be blocked by exactly one creature if able. Whenever Nacatl War-Pride attacks, create X tokens that are copies of Nacatl War-Pride and that are tapped and attacking, where X is the number of creatures defending player controls. Exile the tokens at the beginning of the next end step.	Nacatl War-Pride
Warchief Giant	Red	Creature — Giant Warrior	5/3	Haste Myriad	Warchief Giant
Spirit Warrior	Black/Green	Creature — Spirit Warrior	X/X		Kin-Tree Invocation
Treefolk Warrior	Green	Creature — Treefolk Warrior	/	This creature's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Forests you control.	Kalonian Twingrove
Troll Warrior	Green	Creature — Troll Warrior	4/4	Trample	Gnottvold Slumbermound Old-Growth Troll Waking the Trolls
Zombie Warrior	Black	Creature — Zombie Warrior	4/4		God-Eternal Oketra
Aven Initiate	White	Creature — Zombie Bird Warrior	3/2	Flying	Aven Initiate
Aven Wind Guide	White	Creature — Zombie Bird Warrior	2/3	Flying, vigilance Creature tokens you control have flying and vigilance.	Aven Wind Guide
Labyrinth Guardian	White	Creature — Zombie Illusion Warrior	2/3	Whenever Labyrinth Guardian becomes the target of a spell, sacrifice it.	Labyrinth Guardian
Tah-Crop Skirmisher	White	Creature — Zombie Naga Warrior	2/1		Tah-Crop Skirmisher
Trueheart Duelist	White	Creature — Zombie Human Warrior	2/2	Trueheart Duelist can block an additional creature each combat.	Trueheart Duelist
Unwavering Initiate	White	Creature — Zombie Human Warrior	3/2	Vigilance	Unwavering Initiate
Earthshaker Khenra	Black	Creature — Zombie Jackal Warrior	4/4	Haste When Earthshaker Khenra enters the battlefield, target creature with power less than or equal to Earthshaker Khenra's power can't block this turn.	Earthshaker Khenra
Proven Combatant	Black	Creature — Zombie Human Warrior	4/4		Proven Combatant
Sinuous Striker	Black	Creature — Zombie Naga Warrior	4/4	: Sinuous Striker gets +1/-1 until end of turn.	Sinuous Striker

Test cards

Token Name	Color	Type Line	P/T	Text Box	Source
Reassembling Skeleton	Black	Creature — Skeleton Warrior	1/1	(This is a token card which doesn't cease to exist in a zone other than the battlefield and has a mana cost.) : Return Reassembling Skeleton from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.	Bone Rattler
Elf Warrior	Green	Creature — Elf Warrior	1/1		Plane-Merge Elf
Warrior	White	Creature — Warrior	1/1	Vigilance	Start

Manlands[]

Warriors are also created by:

Ghitu Encampment (2/1 red Warrior with First Strike)

Creature update[]

In the Grand Creature Type Update the subtype Stangg-Twin for a token created by Stangg was changed into a (Human) Warrior token "named Stangg Twin". The subtypes Raider (Erg Raiders) and War-Rider (Varchild's War-Riders) were incorporated into the Warrior class as well.

References[]

↑ Mark Rosewater (January 28, 2008). "War(rior) Stories". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
↑ Mark Rosewater (December 14, 2019). "Flavour-wise, what's the difference between soldier, knight and warrior?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
↑ Devin Low (February 01, 2008). "Hidden Warriors". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
↑ Doug Beyer (January 30, 2008). "The Warrior Esthetic". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
↑ Wizards of the Coast (June 22, 2020). "The Lore of Jumpstart on the Cards". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
↑ Magic Arcana (March 15, 2007). "Planar Chaos Token Art 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.

[1] Mark Rosewater (January 28, 2008). "War(rior) Stories". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.

[2] Mark Rosewater (December 14, 2019). "Flavour-wise, what's the difference between soldier, knight and warrior?". Blogatog. Tumblr.

[3] Devin Low (February 01, 2008). "Hidden Warriors". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.

[4] Doug Beyer (January 30, 2008). "The Warrior Esthetic". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.

[5] Wizards of the Coast (June 22, 2020). "The Lore of Jumpstart on the Cards". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.

[PlanarChaos1-6] Magic Arcana (March 15, 2007). "Planar Chaos Token Art 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.

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