Cathedral Sanctifier
Creature — Human Cleric
When this creature enters, you gain 3 life.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #18737
Cathedral Sanctifier enters and gains you 3 life — nothing else, no upside attached. The only context where that's a real card is alongside Warren Soultrader or similar engines that need a cheap, repeatable life payment; everywhere else, it's a blank.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Cathedral Sanctifier is bulk filler in almost every format it's legal in — Legacy, Vintage, and Modern all have better life-gain options at the same cost, and Pauper has enough commons that a 1/1 for one that pads your life total by 3 doesn't make the cut. Commander is where it sees the most play, strictly in life-payment engines where the 3 life is a resource rather than a cushion — think Oloro, Ageless Ascetic or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose shells that convert every point of life gain into a trigger. Outside of those narrow homes, skip it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Warren SoultraderEnduring RenewalCathedral Sanctifier
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite storm count
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Yawgmoth, Thran PhysicianEnduring RenewalEdgewalkerCathedral Sanctifier
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count; Mill all creature cards in your library; Near-infinite card draw; Near-infinite draw triggers; Put all noncreature cards from your library into your hand
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Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Cathedral Sanctifier is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not a card. It won't climb unless a new Commander engine makes disposable life-gain bodies suddenly essential, so don't expect it to hold even this floor.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.