Akrasan Squire
Shards of Alara 1 • common
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Collector number
- 1
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Todd Lockwood
- Market price
- $0.28
What it does
Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Bant's armies are primarily composed of members of the Mortar caste, loyal commoners who haven't yet earned a sigil.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Akrasan Squire was released in 2008 as part of the Shards of Alara expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As the inaugural card of the set, indexed at number one, it served as a primary introduction to the Bant shard, a plane defined by its rigid hierarchical structure and adherence to knightly virtue. The card was designed to demonstrate the 'Exalted' keyword, a mechanic that rewards players for attacking with a single creature, reinforcing the theme of champions being empowered by their allies.
The artwork for Akrasan Squire was illustrated by Greg Staples, who focused on the clean, gold-and-white aesthetic characteristic of Bant's high-fantasy military aesthetic. His depiction emphasizes the protective and subservient role of the squire, fitting the card's functional purpose as a low-cost creature that supports more powerful units. It was received by players as a quintessential draft common, valued for its ability to enable early-game aggressive strategies within the context of the set's unique tri-color environment.
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