White Weenie

On episode 54 of the Beacon of Creation podcast, there was a discussion about designing for white weenie decks and how far you could push a creature that costs only one white mana to play.

It actually got me thinking about my guest post over at Goblin Artisans about designing for R/W and pushing combat-oriented players to look at particular parts of their creatures when building their decks. So I literally just sort of brainstormed this card in Twitch chat when the podcast was being recorded. Then I realized it could actually fit well in Overgrowth:

Mind you, this soldier could probably fit into any white set without difficulty. It actually could be a nice uncommon signpost white creature for a core set to help new players know which types of keywords to expect in white.

Note that it does give itself a bonus if you hit it with a spell or ability that grants any of the keywords. I initially had it written "as long as you control another creature with ..." but that weirdly makes it look like the Arbor Corpsman already has the keyword.