Benalish Faithbonder
Creature — Human Cleric
Vigilance
Enlist (As this creature attacks, you may tap a nonattacking creature you control without summoning sickness. When you do, add its power to this creature's until end of turn.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria United
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #25431
Benalish Faithbonder hands a creature you control +0/+3 and vigilance for as long as it stays tapped — a permanent-feeling buff that costs you nothing after the initial activation. Two white mana to activate and a 1/1 body for three mana is the price, and that's a steep ask for what is ultimately a single-target defensive tool.
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 |
Benalish Faithbonder is a fringe card in every format it's legal in. In Commander, the effect is too narrow — tapping a 1/1 to grant one creature vigilance and a modest toughness boost rarely justifies the slot when you're competing against board-wide anthem effects and more impactful three-drops. In Pauper, where commons do real work, the tap-to-buff pattern is just too slow and too small against the format's aggressive and combo-centric threats. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have long since moved past this power level entirely, and no competitive shell is looking for this effect at any cost.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Benalish Faithbonder is deep bulk — the kind of card that shows up in a draft chaff pile and stays there. Don't expect that to change; the effect doesn't have a sleeper breakout waiting for it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.