Favored Hoplite
Foundations Jumpstart 196 • uncommon
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Collector number
- 196
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Winona Nelson
- Market price
- $0.24
What it does
Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and prevent all damage that would be dealt to it this turn.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Favored Hoplite was originally introduced in the Theros set in 2013, designed as a key card for the 'Heroic' mechanic which rewarded players for targeting their own creatures with spells. This specific printing appears in the Foundations Jumpstart set, which serves as an introductory product designed to help new players learn the mechanics of Magic: The Gathering through pre-constructed, randomized decks.
The card features artwork by Chase Stone, whose painterly style captures the essence of a disciplined soldier in mid-combat. The design philosophy behind the card focuses on low-cost efficiency, encouraging a fast-paced playstyle where the creature grows stronger as the player invests resources into protecting or augmenting it, remaining a staple of aggressive red and white deck archetypes.
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