Clarion Cathars
Creature — Human Knight
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 white Human creature token.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad: Double Feature
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #21995
Clarion Cathars enters as three 1/1 lifelink tokens, giving you immediate board presence and a small life buffer for five mana. That rate is too slow for most competitive tables — you're paying a full turn's mana for tokens that fold to a Sweltering Suns.
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 |
In Commander, Clarion Cathars is fringe material at best — token decks running Thalisse, Reverent Medium or Rhys the Redeemed have cheaper, more explosive ways to flood the board, and five mana for three bodies doesn't threaten anyone. In Pauper, the lifelink trio has marginal relevance in white weenie or token-go-wide builds, though it still competes against more efficient commons. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer are non-starters; the card is simply outclassed at every point on the curve in those formats.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Clarion Cathars is deep bulk — pick it up for a dollar in a pile and don't think twice about the price. It's unlikely to appreciate; demand just isn't there for a five-mana token producer with no enter-the-battlefield synergy text beyond the tokens themselves.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.