Card text
When this creature enters, recruit. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.)
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Mana cost
{2}{W/U}
Power / toughness
2/2
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Card text
When this creature enters, recruit. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.)
Format legality
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyNot legal
About Patient Instructor
Patient Instructor (162) is a White and Blue Creature — Human Citizen from The Hobbit (HOB). It costs {2}{W/U}, has mana value 3 and is a 2/2. It is printed at Common rarity. The one keyword in its text is Vigilance. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern and Legacy and 7 more formats.
The Hobbit is a main expansion, released August 2026.
Vigilance When this creature enters, recruit. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.)
Card details
- Card number
- 162
- Set
- The Hobbit (HOB)
- Set type
- Expansion
- Released
- 14 August 2026
- Rarity
- Common (C)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Creature — Human Citizen
- Colour
- White / Blue
- Colour identity
- White / Blue
- Mana cost
- {2}{W/U}
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Patient Instructor
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