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Blade Instructor

{2}{W}

Creature — Human Soldier

PLSTThe List#GRN-1common

"Watch carefully. The gap between death and victory is thinner than your blade."

Finishes
Nonfoil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 121
Illustrator
Zoltan Boros
Found in
Mystery Booster Booster Pack (Convention Edition) · Mystery Booster Booster Pack (Retail Edition) · Mystery Booster Booster Pack (Convention Edition - 2021)
Printings2EDHREC rank#25,163
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.)
3/1
Mentor
Plays as:
Attack TriggerCounter Placer
Market · per finishspark updated 38m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil-6.5%
$0.29
$0.01 low$0.00 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.15· across 2 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

3 · latest Oct 5, 2018
  • WotCOct 5, 2018

    If the creature with mentor leaves the battlefield with mentor on the stack, use its power as that creature last existed on the battlefield to determine whether the target creature has less power.

  • WotCOct 5, 2018

    If the target creature’s power is no longer less than the attacking creature’s power as the ability resolves, mentor doesn’t add a +1/+1 counter. For example, if two 3/3 creatures with mentor attack and both mentor triggers target the same 2/2 creature, the first to resolve puts a +1/+1 counter on it and the second does nothing.

  • WotCOct 5, 2018

    Mentor compares the power of the creature with mentor with that of the target creature at two different times: once as the triggered ability is put onto the stack, and once as the triggered ability resolves. If you wish to raise a creature’s power so its mentor ability can target a bigger creature, the last chance you have to do so is during the beginning of combat step.