What can these cards do together, though
Theres a lot of conflicting sources, and Im not going to count them myself
Soldiers dont really have any shared mechanics or characteristics that unify them besides their creature type, but a lot of them usually have abilities that reflect either combat mastery like first strike or vigilance or strategic abilities with Propaganda-like abilities and can't attack effects, and other ways to have more control over combat
This may reflect what some Wizards staff members wished the original design had been like, and digital magic avoids all the issues of changing the paper cards so radically.
My initial design was for a 2/2 flier, but Mike thought it was a little too good and changed it to a 1/1
We were expecting to see some pretty notable shifts this time around with the various Secret Lair releases within the last month, but a lot of cards that have been popular over the last couple of months have managed to hold steady