Avacynian Missionaries // Lunarch Inquisitors
Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Human Cleric
At the beginning of your end step, if this creature is equipped, transform it.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #26714
Avacynian Missionaries // Lunarch Inquisitors exiles a nonland permanent and staples it to a creature — when that creature dies, you get the removal back as a 4/4 with vigilance. The setup cost is real: four mana for the front half, then you need the equipped creature to die before you see any board impact beyond the exile.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Avacynian Missionaries // Lunarch Inquisitors is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's competitive in essentially none of them. In Commander it sees the most play, slotting into white weenie or equipment-matters builds where the Lunarch Inquisitors back half can be tutored or recurred — the exile effect is meaningful and the recursion angle isn't nothing. In Modern and Legacy the bar is too high: four mana for conditional removal that requires a second creature and a death trigger is miles behind what those formats demand. Pioneer is technically viable but the same logic applies — white removal at this cost has better options.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Avacynian Missionaries // Lunarch Inquisitors is deep bulk — pick it up out of a commons bin if you want it. At that price it holds whatever value it has purely as a playable, not as a spec, and there's no reason to expect movement.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.