Abuna Acolyte
Creature — Cat Cleric
: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target artifact creature this turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #25390
Abuna Acolyte taps to prevent 1 damage to a creature or player — a negligible effect that requires you to sink a 1W 1/1 into your deck to access it. The cost in card equity and board presence is not worth what you get back.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Abuna Acolyte is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, damage prevention is one of the weakest effects you can run — it trades one-for-one at best and does nothing against the board-wide threats that actually end games. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a 1/1 that prevents 1 damage when the format is full of effects that end games on turn one or two. Modern is similarly hostile to this kind of incremental life management. Abuna Acolyte is a bulk card in every format it's legal in.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Abuna Acolyte is deep bulk — priced exactly where the market thinks it belongs. Don't expect that floor to move; demand simply isn't there to push it.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.