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Soldier are back with m10!!!Every army needs a Field Marshal!!!!

Maybe, but NOT everyone needs to abuse shift!!!oneoneone!!!11

Another great Soldier card and a good Lord as well. This is the lord that Soldiers have been needing forever. Mana cost vs. ability is perfect. Compair with Captain of the Watch and you will see what I mean. 4/5

U-B-E-R

captain of the watch makes up for its mana cost in that it gives yuou 4 creatures with vigilence and one is a lord. Field Marshal is better for just lording, but the captain makes up for it with token spawning

My only complaint is that he can be shocked/burst lightninged -- unlike, say, Daru Warchief.

should have had firststrike himself.

good in charge of the boros deck cause they have a lot of soldiers

Beats out Captain of the Watch by being lower on the curve and having a more useful Lord ability.

Not better than the Captain of the Watch, since he offers +1/+1 & first strike to All othet soldiets, including solduets and changelings your opponent/s control... Captain spawns 3 tokens, gives and has Vigilance, and offers +1/+1 to only other soldiers YOU control... also, shes a 3/3 that poops out 3 2/2 soldiers (essentially...) while Marshall only offers himself to the fray, a lowly 2/2... no better than the tokens...

While these two cards are sepetate and could easily be put in a deck beside each othet, if you had a Preimmenent Captain... which would you prefer?

Debatable whether this is better than Rhox Pikemaster, but I prefer this over the Rhox simply because of the lower cost and the P/T buff.

Best soldier lord in Magic at this time. Better than Captain of the Watch and Rhox Pikemasters, bar none. Even better than Veteran Swordsmith. UBER, indeed. 5/5

He sure looks kickass. However I think the art is in conflict with the flavor. I feel like I'm looking at some red barbarian from Balduvia, yet I see a white border and a soldier creature type.

"He sure looks kickass. However I think the art is in conflict with the flavor. I feel like I'm looking at some red barbarian from Balduvia, yet I see a white border and a soldier creature type"

You think a barbarian would spend time studying a map of the battlefield?

Field Marshal; for when you just need a Veteran Armorsmith stapled to a Veteran Swordsmith stapled to a Rhox Pikemaster for only three mana. Wait... THREE MANA?!?

Yes, this bad boy should be a staple in any deck with lots of soldiers that runs white. He's so good that he could arguably replace Honor of the Pure in decks that can run him effectively. And his low cost means that you can play him early game to quickly gain the advantage or play him late game when you can afford to play more than one spell per turn... like, say, another field Marshal. Or drop him the turn before or after you play a big token producer. This guy + Captain of the Watch = QQ, GG.

4.5 out of 5, if for only he doesn't have some form of protection (which he could use, seen how he's such a big target), and that since his effect is a world effect, you can't really use him against other soldier-heavy decks. But still a damn amazing card, and one that anyone with a white soldier/angel deck should get a playset of.

You can't seriously compare this to Captain of the Watch - that would be like comparing Goblin King to Siege-Gang Commander. And no, Preeminent Captain is not a valid excuse for ignoring the large difference in mana costs. The fact of the matter is, that Field Marshal buffs your entire force and provides your whole army with first strike - an ability that time and time again has proven itself to be very strong (just take a look at Blade Splicer for a recent example) - and does so at the slim cost of three mana.
The global nature of his abilities doesn't necessarily have to be a drawback either: rarely anyone plays with a soldier deck nowadays (I for one don't know anyone who's still playing with one), and you could even turn it into an advantage if you're playing two-headed giant with a friend who is also playing a soldier deck.

@ Scumbling: I have been reading the Conan The Barbarian short stories lately and he is a barbarian who is strategic and a thief as well as later ascending to be a king. Barbarians use strategy, it's more their tactics that differ from a soldier.

Very fast!

My absolute favorite card to this day. I started playing MtG with that Coldsnap Soldier deck and this card brought me so many good memories of when I was first starting out. Great name/flavour, great art. Not much more you can ask for.