Head of Security

Head of Security

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{1}{W} · Creature — Andorian Soldier
Common · Star Trek Commander · Art by Alexey Kot
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Predicted power
Standard Eng.NLUsr.
Pioneer Eng.NLUsr.
Modern 12 Eng.FUsr.

A 2/2 first striker has no immediate value or supplied synergy and is far below Modern's creature baseline.

Band unplayableConfidence 77%

Could be wrong if Unrevealed Andorian or Soldier support could create a narrow synergy shell.

Legacy 7 Eng.FUsr.

Legacy demands exceptional efficiency or utility; this purely combat-focused two-drop provides neither.

Band unplayableConfidence 82%

Could be wrong if Unrevealed tribal support is the only plausible route to relevance.

Pauper 21 Eng.FUsr.

First strike gives useful early combat, but a vanilla 2/2 is likely outclassed by Pauper's synergistic creatures and cheap removal.

Band speculativeConfidence 65%

Could be wrong if A low-removal Limited-style Pauper metagame or Soldier support could make it a fringe curve card.

Commander 9 Eng.FUsr.

A single 2/2 first striker neither advances multiplayer resource plans nor meaningfully pressures 40-life opponents.

Band unplayableConfidence 79%

Could be wrong if A future Andorian/Soldier commander could make it a thematic inclusion.

Limited 59 Eng.C+Usr.

Two mana for 2/2 first strike trades up against many early creatures and remains a useful blocker, though it offers no card advantage.

Best home White aggressive or defensive decksBand solidConfidence 36%

Could be wrong if Unknown creature sizing, removal, and archetypes could make first strike much better or less relevant.

Two-drop combat creature

“A vanilla 2/2 first striker is a respectable Limited body but lacks the rate, value, or synergy evidence for competitive Constructed use.”

Rated on limited context — few cards from this set are revealed yet.

AI prediction made before release — not a measured result. Real performance data replaces this once the set is legal and tournament results come in.

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