Veteran of a Hundred Battles
The Hundred-Battle Veteran from Tarkir Dragonstorm is a compact engine piece for black midrange and graveyard decks. Hundred-Battle Veteran enters as a 4 2 for {3}{B} and scales into a threat when you assemble varied counters on your board. Its static ability rewards decks that deploy +1 add counters, poison counters, finality counters or any other counters across creatures, turning a low cost body into a resilient attacker or blocker with an effective size boost of plus two plus four when the condition is met.
Beyond its battlefield presence the Veteran offers a built in recursion line. You may cast this card from your graveyard and it returns with a finality counter on it which prevents repeated abuse. That makes it useful in synergies with sacrifice outlets, token chaff and graveyard interaction while staying balanced for longer games. Near Mint Foil finish and English printing appeal to collectors and players who want a playable uncommon with casual lore ties to Tarkirian discipline. Add this to your deck to shore up late game threats and to leverage counter themes with predictable, repeatable impact.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {3}{B}
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Card Type – Creature
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Subtypes – Zombie Warrior
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – As long as there are three or more different kinds of counters among creatures you control, this creature gets +2/+4. You may cast this card from your graveyard. If you do, it enters with a finality counter on it. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)
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Power / Toughness – 4/2
