Hero (creature type)

Hero
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
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type:"Hero"

For other uses, see Hero.

Fraction Jackson from Unhinged is the only Hero in Magic: The Gathering, following the Grand Creature Type Update. It is, however, non-tournament-legal.

Hero is an obsolete creature type.

Description

Heroes are characters who, in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness, display courage and the will for self sacrifice (heroism) for some greater good.

The first creature to bear the subtype was Benalish Hero in Alpha, followed by Kjeldoran Warrior and Beast Walkers. When Aysen Crusader was printed it powered up these three heroes. However, the Hero-class was obsoleted in the Grand Creature Type Update, and rather than Heroes, the Crusader now gained a bonus from Soldiers and Warriors instead.

The only card remaining with the subtype Hero is Fraction Jackson from Unhinged, as silver-bordered cards are allowed to have creature types not supported by black-border. Hero was reinvented as a card type as part of the Hero's Path of the Theros block.

Creature with "Hero" in their name but not bearing the type

• Anthousa, Setessan Hero
• Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile
• Changeling Hero
• Crovax, Ascendant Hero
• Devoted Hero
• Fabled Hero
• Goblin Hero
• Hero of Bladehold
• Hero of Goma Fada
• Hero of Iroas
• Hero of Leina Tower
• Hero of Oxid Ridge
• Intrepid Hero
• Kytheon, Hero of Akros
• Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero
• Reborn Hero
• Stonebrow, Krosan Hero
• Tahngarth, Talruum Hero
• Thrasios, Triton Hero
• Tormented Hero
• Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei

Trivia

• A cycle of flip cards in Champions of Kamigawa was nicknamed Heroes. They represented the journey from Average Joe to Legendary Creature.