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Confessor

Creature — Human Cleric

Whenever a player discards a card, you may gain 1 life.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
common
Set
Odyssey
Price
$0.22
EDHREC rank
#18997
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Confessor card art
Confessor drains each opponent for 1 life every time you gain life in a turn, turning incremental lifegain into a three-player clock that compounds fast alongside engines like Drogskol Reaver. The cost is a one-mana 1/1 body that does nothing on its own — you need a steady lifegain stream or it sits inert, and Mog, Moogle Warrior decks are exactly the shell that delivers that stream reliably.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Mog, Moogle Warrior

Mog, Moogle Warrior

16.3% of decks · synergy 0.16

Mog, Moogle Warrior triggers lifegain repeatedly through combat and spell mechanics, giving Confessor a consistent drain trigger every turn — the combination turns Mog's natural gameplan into a passive damage engine that closes games without needing a dedicated finisher.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Confessor is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker — the formats where it actually sees play are Commander and Pauper, and for opposite reasons. In Commander, the three-opponent rule multiplies every drain trigger, making a one-mana enchantment punch well above its weight in lifegain-matters builds. In Pauper, the card is technically playable but the format's tempo demands leave little room for slow engines that require setup. Legacy and Vintage have access to every possible lifegain engine, but the payoff is simply too modest to compete in those power environments.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.22 bulk tier

At $0.22, Confessor is pure bulk — grab a copy without thinking twice. Bulk enchantments with niche combo applications rarely spike hard, so there's no urgency, but at this price there's also no reason to wait.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.