---
name: "Favored Hoplite"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Human Soldier"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Heroic"]
set: "THS"
set_name: "Theros"
collector_number: "13"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Winona Nelson"
oracle_id: "145a15f9-89a9-4eb7-9924-e768f17e7e68"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/favored-hoplite-ths"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Favored Hoplite
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/2
- **Keywords:** Heroic

## Oracle Text
Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and prevent all damage that would be dealt to it this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Phalanx Leader](/printing/phalanx-leader-ths.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
2. [Staunch-Hearted Warrior](/printing/staunch-hearted-warrior-ths.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
3. [Battlewise Hoplite](/printing/battlewise-hoplite-ths.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
4. [Hero of Leina Tower](/printing/hero-of-leina-tower-pio.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
5. [Bloodcrazed Hoplite](/printing/bloodcrazed-hoplite-jou.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
6. [Satyr Hoplite](/printing/satyr-hoplite-j25.md) — Creature — Satyr Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Theros (THS) #13
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Winona Nelson
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`