Heliod's Pilgrim
Creature — Human Cleric
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an Aura card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #3633
Heliod's Pilgrim enters and fetches any Aura straight to your hand — immediate card advantage on a 1/2 body for three mana. The rate is fair rather than efficient, but in dedicated Aura strategies the tutoring alone justifies the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Bruna, Light of Alabaster attaches Auras directly from hand and graveyard when she attacks, so Heliod's Pilgrim acts as a reliable pipeline to whatever Aura closes the game — Eldrazi Conscription being the obvious target.
Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice
Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice triggers off Auras entering attached to your creatures, creating a chain that rewards having exactly the right Aura in hand — Heliod's Pilgrim finds the link that starts or extends the chain.
Killian, Ink Duelist
Killian, Ink Duelist makes Auras cheaper and wants a deep Aura suite to keep threatening; Heliod's Pilgrim fills in whatever piece the hand is missing to maintain pressure.
Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor
Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor cares about Auras on your Advisors and rewards stacking them; Heliod's Pilgrim provides consistent access to the specific Aura the board state demands rather than leaving it to draws.
Eriette of the Charmed Apple
Eriette of the Charmed Apple drains opponents for each Aura you control on their creatures, so redundancy and density of Auras matters — Heliod's Pilgrim ensures you hit your key enchantments on schedule.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Heliod's Pilgrim is a Commander card through and through — the one-time tutor on an enters-the-battlefield trigger is worth the three-mana ask when your deck is built around finding one specific Aura at the right moment. In Pauper it sees genuine play as a budget tutor in Aura-based aggressive decks where common-legal options are limited and consistency is everything. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer all have faster, more flexible options that make Heliod's Pilgrim too slow and narrow to compete outside of dedicated Aura builds, and even there it rarely makes the cut over more efficient alternatives.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Heliod's Pilgrim is bulk — pick it up without thinking about cost. Bulk commons with narrow applications tend to stay cheap indefinitely, so there's no urgency and no risk in sitting on a copy.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.