Inspiring Cleric
Creature — Vampire Cleric
When this creature enters, you gain 4 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ixalan
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #20673
Inspiring Cleric enters, gains you 4 life, and leaves a 2/3 body on board — all for three mana at instant speed if you're blinking it. The rate is unspectacular in a vacuum, but in any shell that flickers or recurs enters-the-battlefield triggers, the life total padding adds up fast.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Inspiring Cleric is a Commander card through and through — the format's slower clock and ETB-centric deckbuilding give it a genuine home, particularly in Cleric tribal, lifegain payoff, or blink shells. In Modern and Pioneer the three-mana 2/3 with a one-time 4-life gain simply doesn't clear the bar; those formats have cheaper, more impactful options at every point on that axis. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the card doesn't interact with the stack and the body is irrelevant at that power level. Stick to Commander, where the Cleric type line opens doors and a blink outlet turns a mediocre rate into a repeatable engine.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Inspiring Cleric is deep bulk — you'll find copies in dollar boxes before you find them listed individually. The price reflects its niche role accurately; demand stays narrow enough that it's unlikely to move unless a high-profile Cleric or lifegain commander pulls it into broader circulation.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.