Benalish Missionary
Creature — Human Cleric
, 
: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target blocked creature this turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #27617
Benalish Missionary is a one-mana 1/1 with a tap ability that regenerates a creature for two white mana — functional, but barely worth a deck slot in 2024. The regeneration cost is too steep and the body too small to compete with the white creatures that actually move needles.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Benalish Missionary sees essentially no competitive play in any format it's legal in. In Commander, one-mana white creatures need to either generate card advantage, accelerate a strategy, or protect a combo — regenerating one creature for two mana does none of that. Pauper is the only format where it could theoretically appear, but white commons there have far better options for both protection and board presence. Legacy and Vintage have access to the full card pool, which makes Benalish Missionary invisible.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Benalish Missionary is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not utility. There's no demand driver that would push this price upward, so it holds its floor purely as filler.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.