Volunteer Reserves
WTHWeatherlight/#29/1997Uncommon
Colour IDMV 2
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$0.35
Cardmarket€0.19
ManaPool$0.15
TCGplayer$0.25
Buylist (dealers pay)
Card Kingdom$0.01
MTGO (Cardhoarder)
retail$0.05 tix
Paper retail history (USD)
3 providers
Latest $0.35High $0.39Low $0.35▲ 0.0%
Market and collecting
Market overview
$0.25TCGplayer, USD, retail, nonfoil
Latest observation: 2026-11-10
7d▲ 8.7%30d▲ 8.7%90d▲ 4.2%
90d high
$0.25
90d low
$0.23
Paper printings priced
2
Currently 2nd
Cheapest paper printing
$0.14
The List
- Up 8.7% over the last 30 days on TCGplayer.
- Trading at or near its 90 day high of $0.25.
- This is the most expensive paper printing currently priced (2 priced in total).
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Gameplay and rules
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 (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.)
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Keywords
BandingCumulative upkeep
Card capabilities
Creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
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Rulings (5)
wotc1 Oct 2009
If a creature in combat has banding, its controller assigns damage for creatures blocking or blocked by it.
wotc1 Oct 2008
If a creature with banding attacks, it can team up with any number of other attacking creatures with banding (and up to one nonbanding creature) and attack as a unit called a "band." The band can be blocked by any creature that could block a single creature in the band. Blocking any creature in a band blocks the entire band. If a creature with banding is blocked, the attacking player chooses how the blockers' damage is assigned.
wotc1 Oct 2008
Paying cumulative upkeep is always optional. If it's not paid, the permanent with cumulative upkeep is sacrificed. Partial payments of the total cumulative upkeep cost can't be made. For example, if a permanent with "cumulative upkeep {1}" has three age counters on it when its cumulative upkeep ability triggers, it gets another age counter and then its controller chooses to either pay {4} or sacrifice the permanent.
wotc1 Oct 2008
A maximum of one nonbanding creature can join an attacking band no matter how many creatures with banding are in it.
wotc1 Oct 2008
Creatures in the same band must all attack the same player or planeswalker.
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About this card
Volunteer Reserves
Volunteer Reserves is a Creature — Human Soldier, with mana cost {1}{W} (mana value 2). Printed 2 times across MTG sets.
Format legality: Commander: legal, Modern: not_legal, Standard: not_legal, Pioneer: not_legal, Legacy: legal, Pauper: not_legal.
Current headline price on TCGplayer: $0.25 (up 8.7% over 30 days).
Frequently asked
Volunteer Reserves FAQ
How much is Volunteer Reserves worth?
The current TCGplayer USD retail price for Volunteer Reserves is $0.25. It is up 8.7% over the last 30 days. Over 90 days it has ranged from $0.23 to $0.25.
What is the cheapest printing of Volunteer Reserves?
The cheapest currently priced paper printing is from The List at $0.14 on TCGplayer.
What is the most expensive printing of Volunteer Reserves?
The most expensive currently priced paper printing is from Weatherlight at $0.25 on TCGplayer.
How many printings of Volunteer Reserves are there?
Volunteer Reserves has been printed 2 times in English paper sets that MTGPrices tracks.
What set was Volunteer Reserves first printed in?
The earliest English paper printing that MTGPrices tracks is from WTH #29, released 1997-06-09.
What is the newest printing of Volunteer Reserves?
The most recent English paper printing that MTGPrices tracks is from PLST #WTH-29, released 2019-11-07.
Is Volunteer Reserves legal in Commander?
Yes, Volunteer Reserves is currently legal in Commander per Scryfall's legality feed.
Is Volunteer Reserves legal in Modern?
Volunteer Reserves is not currently legal in Modern per Scryfall's legality feed.