---
name: "Taranika, Akroan Veteran"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Soldier"
colors: []
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Vigilance"]
set: "THB"
set_name: "Theros Beyond Death"
collector_number: "39"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Eric Deschamps"
oracle_id: "1e3c1920-7bf5-44f9-b1ff-b17d6420e69b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/taranika-akroan-veteran-thb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Taranika, Akroan Veteran
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
- **Keywords:** Vigilance

## Oracle Text
Vigilance
Whenever Taranika attacks, untap another target creature you control. Until end of turn, that creature has base power and toughness 4/4 and gains indestructible.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tenth District Veteran](/printing/tenth-district-veteran-rna.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
2. [Sentinel of the Eternal Watch](/printing/sentinel-of-the-eternal-watch-ori.md) — Creature — Giant Soldier
3. [Stalwart Pathlighter](/printing/stalwart-pathlighter-mic.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
4. [Steadfast Sentry](/printing/steadfast-sentry-m20.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
5. [Topan Freeblade](/printing/topan-freeblade-gn2.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
6. [Hardened Escort](/printing/hardened-escort-dsk.md) — Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Theros Beyond Death (THB) #39
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Eric Deschamps

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2020-01-24)* Taranika's triggered ability isn't optional. If your only other creatures are bigger than 4/4, you'll have to shrink one for the turn.
- *(2020-01-24)* Any effects that modify the target creature's power and/or toughness without setting them to a specific number or value will apply after its base power and toughness are set, regardless of the order in which those effects were created. The same is true of counters that modify its power and toughness.
- *(2020-01-24)* Untapping an attacking creature doesn't remove it from combat.
- *(2020-01-24)* Taranika's triggered ability can target a creature that's already untapped. It still becomes 4/4 and gains indestructible.