Atalya, Samite Master
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
, 
: Choose one —
• Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. Spend only white mana on X.
• You gain X life. Spend only white mana on X.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $1.58
- EDHREC rank
- #23761
Atalya, Samite Master offers repeatable life gain or damage prevention tied to how many Clerics you control — powerful in the right shell, negligible without it. The five-mana cost and hard Cleric dependency mean she earns her slot only in dedicated tribal builds.
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 |
Atalya, Samite Master is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Legacy and Vintage have no meaningful home for a five-mana creature whose ceiling is conditional life gain. Commander is the only format where she functions — specifically in Cleric tribal decks that can reliably put four or more Clerics into play and exploit a life total as a resource. Outside that niche, she doesn't compete.
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Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.58 cheap tier
At $1.58, Atalya, Samite Master sits in the cheap tier — low enough that the cost of inclusion is never the argument against her. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to spike unless a pushed Cleric commander drives renewed tribal interest.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.