Magic: The Gathering · expansion
Volunteer Reserves
Weatherlight · #29 · uncommon · 1997
Creature — Human Soldier
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Market reference
$0.21
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Collector number
- 29 / 167
- Release year
- 1997
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Illustrator
- Kev Walker
- Colors
- W
- Frame
- 1997
- Border
- black
- Finishes
- nonfoil
- Printed
- 1997-06-09
About this card
Mana cost: {1}{W}
Type: Creature — Human Soldier
Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) Cumulative upkeep {1} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
""I'm always a little leery of anyone who offers to kill other people for free." —Gerrard of the *Weatherlight*"
Keywords: Banding, Cumulative upkeep
P/T: 2/4
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
Scryfall pricing
| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| USD (non-foil) | $0.21 |
| EUR (non-foil) | €0.17 |
| MTGO tix | 0.05 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Volunteer Reserves is real?
Volunteer Reserves is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the print quality and cardstock (real cards have a distinctive blue inner core visible from the edge), the rosette pattern on the back, the security stamp on planeswalker / mythic cards from recent sets, and confirm the collector number and set code match the official Scryfall record. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Volunteer Reserves worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Volunteer Reserves is $0.21; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Volunteer Reserves from?
Volunteer Reserves is from the Magic: The Gathering set "Weatherlight" in the expansion series, released in 1997.
What rarity is Volunteer Reserves?
Volunteer Reserves is a uncommon card in the Weatherlight set.
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Other Volunteer Reserves printings
Same Magic: The Gathering card across other sets and rarities.
