Ghost-Lit Redeemer
Creature — Spirit
, 
: You gain 2 life.
Channel — 
, Discard this card: You gain 4 life.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #24324
Ghost-Lit Redeemer puts a life-gain trigger on the table for zero mana, then channels into repeatable life gain at instant speed — the upside is real, but it tops out fast in competitive pods where one or two life per activation rarely changes outcomes. It earns a slot in dedicated lifegain builds and nowhere else.
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 |
Ghost-Lit Redeemer sees essentially no play in Legacy or Vintage, where one-mana 1/1s need to do something broken to matter and incremental life gain does not qualify. In Commander it finds its niche: the channel ability is colorless-activatable at instant speed, which means any white lifegain commander can leverage it off-curve without holding up white mana. That flexibility is the card's best argument — it slots into Oloro, Ageless Ascetic or Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn builds as cheap, recurrable trigger fodder, and it does that job without taking up budget. Outside of dedicated lifegain shells, though, Ghost-Lit Redeemer is too low-impact to justify the slot.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Ghost-Lit Redeemer is deep bulk — you're not buying this for financial reasons, and there's no meaningful floor to protect. Pick it up for the interaction, not the price tag, and expect it to stay in this range indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.