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'''Mercenary''' is a [[creature]] [[class]]. Mercenaries are individuals who sell their services in combat for money.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/renegade-mountains-2005-07-12|Renegade from the Mountains|[[Magic Arcana]]|July 12, 2005}}</ref> Mercenaries have a reputation for being thuggish brutes or dangerously untrustworthy cads, though some are honorable.
'''Mercenary''' is a [[creature]] [[class]]. Mercenaries are individuals who sell their services in combat for money.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/renegade-mountains-2005-07-12|Renegade from the Mountains|[[Magic Arcana]]|July 12, 2005}}</ref> Mercenaries have a reputation for being thuggish brutes or dangerously untrustworthy cads, though some are honorable.
[[File:NEM Rathi Assassin.jpg|thumb|right|200 px|<c>Rathi Assassin</c> from ''[[Nemesis]]''.]]
 
==History==
==History==
The class debuted in ''[[Ice Age]]'' as "Mercenaries" on the card <c>Mercenaries</c>, and the creature type was heavily featured in the ''[[Mercadian Masques]]'' and the remainder of the [[Masques block]] as [[black]] permanents.  
The class debuted in ''[[Ice Age]]'' as "Mercenaries" on the card <c>Mercenaries</c>, and the creature type was heavily featured in the ''[[Mercadian Masques]]'' and the remainder of the [[Masques block]] as [[black]] permanents.  

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Mercenary
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Statistics
41 cards
{W} 4.9% {U} 2.4% {B} 78% {R} 14.6%
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type:"Mercenary"

Mercenary is a creature class. Mercenaries are individuals who sell their services in combat for money.[1] Mercenaries have a reputation for being thuggish brutes or dangerously untrustworthy cads, though some are honorable.

History

The class debuted in Ice Age as "Mercenaries" on the card Mercenaries, and the creature type was heavily featured in the Mercadian Masques and the remainder of the Masques block as black permanents.

Some cards printed prior to Masques block have been amended by errata and are now Mercenaries,[2][3] and some Mercenaries, including red ones, have been printed since Masques block as well.

Like many creatures of the Rebel creature type, many Mercenaries have the ability to "recruit" or "hire" other Mercenaries (i.e., allowing a player to search his or her library and putting a Mercenary card from it into play). Due to their generally unsavory and untrustworthy natures, however, Mercenaries can only recruit creatures weaker (that is, with a lower casting cost) than they are.

Notable mercenaries

Notable mercenary organizations

References

  1. Magic Arcana (July 12, 2005). "Renegade from the Mountains". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. Mark Gottlieb (September 26, 2007). "The Grand Creature Type Update". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. Mark Gottlieb (July 14, 2010). "July 2010 Update Bulletin". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.

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