Aven Battle Priest
Creature — Bird Cleric
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
When this creature enters, you gain 3 life.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #27597
Aven Battle Priest gains you 2 life when it enters — a negligible amount attached to a 3/1 flier for five mana. The rate is too slow and too small to justify the slot in any competitive context.
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 |
Aven Battle Priest is a bulk common in every format it's legal in, and that's the ceiling. In Commander, a 3/1 flier for five that gains 2 life doesn't threaten a board state or advance a life-gain engine in any meaningful way — Heliod, Sun-Crowned and Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn want triggers that actually move the needle. In Pauper, the common card pool has far more efficient white fliers and life-gain payoffs at every point on the curve. Aven Battle Priest is legal in Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, but it has never been played in any of them.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Aven Battle Priest is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a trade binder filler pile. That price won't drop further because it's already at the floor, but there's no demand pressure that would push it up either.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.