Spartan Veteran: Rush and Finish
Spartan Veteran is a tight, efficient one drop from Universes Beyond Assassin's Creed that rewards aggressive sequencing. The card reads as printed: as long as it is your turn Spartan Veteran has first strike, letting this 1 1 trade up on offense while dodging blockers without first strike. A simple activated pump for two colorless gives it incremental attack growth and lets it push damage through a chump block or close out a race.
Play it on turn one to set tempo, then leverage its first strike during your attacks to remove early blockers or force bad blocks from your opponent. It fits cleanly into mono red aggro shells or red splash aggressive decks that prize early board presence. Practical, low variance, and straightforward to pilot. Add it to your deck and see how reliably a single point of first strike changes combat math in your favor.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {R}
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Card Type – Creature
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Subtypes – Human Soldier
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – As long as it’s your turn, Spartan Veteran has first strike. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) 2: Spartan Veteran gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
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Power / Toughness – 1/1
Condition: Near Mint. Language: English. Rarity: Common. Set: Universes Beyond Assassin's Creed.
