Is Champion of the Parish good in Commander?

Champion of the Parish in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Champion of the Parish turns every Human you play into a free +1/+1 counter, and in a tribal shell that's casting three or four Humans a turn, it becomes a 4/4 or 5/5 by the time opponents think to answer it. One mana for that kind of snowball pressure is among the best rates white creature-based strategies can ask for.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart

56.7% of decks · synergy 0.54

Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart generates Human tokens repeatedly, and Champion of the Parish treats every one of them as a free counter — the two cards form a direct size-scaling loop that rewards you for doing exactly what the deck wants to do.

02

Adeline, Resplendent Cathar

47.0% of decks · synergy 0.45

Adeline, Resplendent Cathar creates Human tokens whenever you attack, which means Champion of the Parish is growing during combat without requiring any additional investment — attack once and it's already larger than when you swung.

03

Katilda, Dawnhart Prime

46.9% of decks · synergy 0.44

Katilda, Dawnhart Prime wants the battlefield packed with Humans for mana generation, and Champion of the Parish gets a counter for each new arrival, so the same creatures fueling your ramp are simultaneously turning it into a legitimate threat.

04

Kyler, Sigardian Emissary

43.2% of decks · synergy 0.41

Kyler, Sigardian Emissary puts +1/+1 counters on every Human you control when a Human enters, so Champion of the Parish benefits twice — once from its own triggered ability and again from Kyler's, compounding size gains faster than either commander or card does alone.

05

Éowyn, Shieldmaiden

29.0% of decks · synergy 0.27

Éowyn, Shieldmaiden runs a broad Human package to trigger her own abilities, and Champion of the Parish slots in as a one-drop that scales naturally with every Human entering play rather than needing any dedicated support.

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	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Champion of the Parish is a Modern staple in Human tribal, where Collected Company and Aether Vial let you chain Humans fast enough to make it a 3/3 or 4/4 by turn two — it's one of the core reasons the archetype is competitive. In Legacy it sees fringe play in the same shells, though the format's interaction density keeps creature-based strategies honest. Commander is where it shows up most broadly, fitting into any Human-tribal build as a reliable one-drop threat that scales passively throughout a game with a higher starting creature count than any 60-card format. It's not legal in Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper, so outside of Commander the opportunity to play it is largely a Modern or Legacy decision.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.10 cheap tier

At $1.10, Champion of the Parish sits in the range where you're essentially paying nothing for a card with demonstrated competitive pedigree across multiple formats. That price is low because reprints have kept supply healthy, not because demand is soft — it belongs in every Human-tribal Commander deck at this rate.