Devoted Caretaker
Creature — Human Cleric
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: Target permanent you control gains protection from instant spells and from sorcery spells until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $3.44
- EDHREC rank
- #17584
Devoted Caretaker puts a regeneration-style protection shield on any permanent you control for one white mana at instant speed — the kind of effect that turns a removal spell into a wasted card. The tap cost is the ceiling, limiting you to one save per turn cycle, but on a 1/2 body for one mana that's an acceptable trade.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Devoted Caretaker earns its keep — protecting a commander or a key combo piece from targeted removal is exactly the kind of proactive insurance white creature-based decks want. The effect is repeatable every turn cycle as long as you leave the creature untapped, which matters in slower games where opponents have multiple interaction windows. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but rarely sees play, since those formats move too fast for a tap-activated protection creature to keep up with the threat density. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home for the same reasons as Commander — protecting your planeswalker from a removal spell for one white mana is a clean exchange.
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Price Context
Current price
$3.44 cheap tier
At $3.44, Devoted Caretaker sits at the high end of what you'd expect for a utility one-drop with a narrow role — the price reflects genuine demand from Commander players rather than competitive crossover. It holds value as long as protection effects stay relevant in creature-heavy metas, but don't expect it to climb.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.