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Guide of Souls

Creature — Human Cleric

Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life and get {E} (an energy counter).
Whenever you attack, you may pay {E}{E}{E}. When you do, put two +1/+1 counters and a flying counter on target attacking creature. It becomes an Angel in addition to its other types.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Modern Horizons 3 Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#1501
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Guide of Souls card art
Guide of Souls turns every life gain trigger into a +1/+1 counter and every creature entering into a potential life gain trigger — the engine feeds itself from turn two onward. Whirler Virtuoso already showed what a three-mana creature churning out value looks like; Guide of Souls does it for one mana less and slots cleanly into any Satya, Aetherflux Genius deck that wants a consistent counter-and-tokens loop.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Satya, Aetherflux Genius

Satya, Aetherflux Genius

72.2% of decks · synergy 0.65

Guide of Souls is a 72% inclusion in Satya, Aetherflux Genius decks because the two cards are a self-reinforcing loop — Satya copies trigger life gain, Guide of Souls converts that life gain into counters, and the token copies of Guide of Souls stack the triggers exponentially.

02
Amalia Benavides Aguirre

Amalia Benavides Aguirre

47.2% of decks · synergy 0.43

Amalia Benavides Aguirre wants every life gain trigger it can get, and Guide of Souls provides one on each creature entering — the two together generate a chain of explore triggers that can run opponents out of the game before combat.

03
Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon

Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon

40.5% of decks · synergy 0.38

Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon floods the board with tokens on combat, and Guide of Souls converts each of those enters-the-battlefield moments into life gain and counters, turning a horizontal go-wide plan into a tall one as well.

04
Karlov of the Ghost Council

Karlov of the Ghost Council

42.5% of decks · synergy 0.38

Karlov of the Ghost Council needs life gain triggers stacked in multiples each turn cycle, and Guide of Souls reliably delivers one per creature entering — every new body is effectively two triggers toward Karlov's exile ability.

05
Liberty Prime, Recharged

Liberty Prime, Recharged

44.9% of decks · synergy 0.38

Liberty Prime, Recharged rewards high life totals and life gain density, and Guide of Souls provides a steady drip of both counters and life gain that keeps Liberty Prime's cost within reach turn after turn.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Guide of Souls is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker. Commander is its natural home — the multiplayer life gain environment means the triggers fire constantly, and 100-card singleton construction rewards two-mana creatures that generate value without any additional setup. In Modern, Guide of Souls is a fringe consideration for life gain-matters shells, though the format's speed means a two-mana 1/1 without immediate board impact is a tough sell outside dedicated synergy decks. Legacy and Vintage have the tools to abuse Guide of Souls in theory, but neither format has a life gain engine that makes a vanilla body with a triggered ability competitively relevant.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Guide of Souls isn't currently available in the system — check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the current market rate. Given its high inclusion rate in popular Commander archetypes, particularly Satya, Aetherflux Genius, demand has historically kept Guide of Souls above bulk pricing.

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