Elgaud Inquisitor
Creature — Human Cleric
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dark Ascension
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #26216
Elgaud Inquisitor enters with a lifelink token and leaves another one behind when it dies — four toughness worth of lifelink bodies for four mana. The rate is unexciting on its own, but in sacrifice loops with Nim Deathmantle the repeated death triggers become an engine.
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 |
Elgaud Inquisitor is a Commander card through and through — the sacrifice and token synergies it enables are too slow and low-impact for Legacy, Vintage, or Modern, where a four-mana 2/4 with no immediate board-breaking effect simply doesn't compete. Pauper is its only non-Commander home worth considering, and even there the rate is marginal against dedicated token or lifegain commons. In Commander, Elgaud Inquisitor finds its niche in white-black sacrifice and lifegain shells that want repeated death triggers on a budget.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Nim DeathmantleAshnod's AltarElgaud Inquisitor
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Elgaud Inquisitor is deep bulk — you'll find copies in bulk bins long before you need to buy one. That price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is high; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.