Helitrooper
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}
- Type
- Creature — Human Soldier
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 2
- Set
- Final Fantasy Commander #22 (rare)
- Price
- $0.16 USD
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, another target attacking creature gains flying until end of turn.
Equip abilities you activate that target this creature cost {2} less to activate.
Helitrooper has 2 printings, first in Final Fantasy Commander (2025). EDHREC ranks it #7,730 among Commander cards. It appears most in Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER decks (13,200 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Helitrooper
- Limit Break - Final Fantasy Commander, led by Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
Commanders that run Helitrooper most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER: 13,200 decks
- Cloud, Midgar Mercenary: 1,168 decks
- Rufus Shinra: 79 decks
- Adelbert Steiner: 45 decks
- Heidegger, Shinra Executive: 34 decks
- Zack Fair: 29 decks
- Beatrix, Loyal General: 18 decks
- U.S.Agent, John Walker: 10 decks
Often played with Helitrooper
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Some Equipment creature cards in other sets have reconfigure, a different ability that attaches them to a creature. Reconfigure is not an equip ability, and reconfigure costs are not reduced by Helitrooper's last ability. Equip variants or equip abilities with restrictions, like the "equip legendary creature" ability of Wrecking Ball Arm, are still equip abilities, and their costs will be reduced by Helitrooper's last ability. (Sure, Helitrooper isn't normally legendary, but there are ways to fix that.)
- : Helitrooper's last ability reduces only the amount of generic mana you pay for equip abilities that target Helitrooper. For example, it will reduce {2} to {0}, but it will have no effect on an equip cost of {G}.