Alabaster Host Sanctifier
Creature — Phyrexian Cleric
Lifelink
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #19608
Alabaster Host Sanctifier enters and immediately exiles a card from any graveyard, stapling incidental graveyard hate onto a two-power body with lifelink — all for four mana. The rate is mediocre in competitive play but perfectly serviceable in casual Commander where the hate and the body arrive on the same card.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Alabaster Host Sanctifier is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it only sees meaningful play at the casual Commander table. In Pauper it's technically eligible but four mana for a 2/2 with a once-only exile trigger doesn't clear the efficiency bar when dedicated hate pieces exist at common. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer the competition from one-mana graveyard hate like Rest in Peace and Soul-Guide Lantern makes Alabaster Host Sanctifier irrelevant in any serious list. Commander is its home: the singleton format rewards low-floor utility stapled to a creature body, and white Cleric or lifegain decks will occasionally slot it for the doubled value of tempo plus graveyard disruption.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Alabaster Host Sanctifier is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a collection binder rather than a cart. It won't appreciate; the demand ceiling is casual Commander slots that already have a dozen cheaper or more powerful alternatives.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.