Bishop of Rebirth
Creature — Vampire Cleric
Vigilance
Whenever this creature attacks, you may return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #10947
Bishop of Rebirth is a five-mana 3/4 that reanimates a creature with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard every time it attacks — that triggers every combat, not once. The cost is real: five mana is a lot for a body that doesn't protect itself, and the reanimation ceiling of mana value 3 means you're recurring utility pieces like Coretapper rather than finishers. In Cleric-heavy builds, especially under Orah, Skyclave Hierophant, the recursive value stacks fast enough to justify that price.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Orah, Skyclave Hierophant
Orah, Skyclave Hierophant already turns every Cleric death into a reanimation trigger, and Bishop of Rebirth adds a second axis — attack-based recursion that fires independently of dying. Together they create a loop where Clerics recur each other from both directions, making the engine extremely difficult to exhaust.
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 |
Commander is where Bishop of Rebirth earns its slot — specifically in Cleric tribal decks where the graveyard fills naturally and low-cost utility Clerics are worth recurring every turn. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, five mana for a creature that does nothing the turn it enters is a steep ask, and the mana-value-3-or-less ceiling makes it awkward alongside the high-impact threats those formats demand. Legacy and Vintage have the same problem compounded; the card is legal but never a realistic inclusion. Bishop of Rebirth is a Commander card through and through, and even there it belongs in a specific archetype rather than any white goodstuff pile.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Bishop of Rebirth isn't available in the current feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. It's a niche tribal card with a narrow home, which historically keeps prices modest unless a new Cleric commander drives sudden demand.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.