Asmira, Holy Avenger
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
Flying
At the beginning of each end step, put a +1/+1 counter on Asmira for each creature put into your graveyard from the battlefield this turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $1.26
- EDHREC rank
- #23650
Asmira, Holy Avenger turns every creature your opponents lose into a permanent +1/+1 counter on herself, snowballing into a lethal attacker faster than most tables expect from a four-mana 2/3. The cost is that she does nothing the turn she enters and needs a sacrifice-friendly or attrition-heavy pod to reliably trigger.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Asmira, Holy Avenger is worth serious consideration — in a 100-card, multiplayer game, the sheer volume of creatures dying across three opponents means her counter accumulation is essentially free value. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal homes, but four mana for a vanilla 2/3 on resolution is unplayable in those environments. Oathbreaker is legal but too fast and focused for a build-around threat that needs multiple turns to matter.
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Price Context
Current price
$1.26 cheap tier
At $1.26, Asmira, Holy Avenger sits firmly in the bulk-rare tier — cheap enough to sleeve without hesitation. That price is unlikely to move meaningfully unless a high-profile Commander reprint or a popular precon puts her back in the spotlight.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.