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Karametra's Acolyte

Creature — Human Druid

{T}: Add an amount of {G} equal to your devotion to green. (Each {G} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to green.)

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
uncommon
Set
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Price
—
EDHREC rank
#2899
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Karametra's Acolyte card art
Karametra's Acolyte turns a high devotion count into a mana engine that can dwarf Sol Ring by turn five — the payoff is real. The cost is a four-mana creature that does nothing the turn it enters and folds to any removal spell before your next untap; you need either protection or an immediate outlet to justify the slot. In the right shell, specifically alongside Kogla, the Titan Ape for repeated bounce-protection or Yisan, the Wanderer Bard to tutor it up at the exact moment it's needed, the ceiling is absurd.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

50.1% of decks · synergy 0.36

Karametra's Acolyte is one of Yisan, the Wanderer Bard's most important verse-four targets — once on board, the Acolyte's tap ability generates enough mana to keep Yisan's engine running through multiple activations in a single turn cycle.

02
Omnath, Locus of Mana

Omnath, Locus of Mana

49.3% of decks · synergy 0.35

Omnath, Locus of Mana doesn't spend green mana between turns, so Karametra's Acolyte functions as a turbo-charger: each activation feeds the pool that makes Omnath larger, and a large Omnath raises devotion, which makes the next activation even bigger.

03
Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss

Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss

31.1% of decks · synergy 0.30

Karametra's Acolyte has a tap ability that produces mana, which is exactly the trigger Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss rewards by granting it trample and a power boost — the Acolyte pulls double duty as both ramp and an aggressive attacker.

04
Baru, Wurmspeaker

Baru, Wurmspeaker

42.6% of decks · synergy 0.29

Baru, Wurmspeaker wants to cast and pump large green creatures repeatedly, and Karametra's Acolyte supplies the burst mana that makes chaining multiple Wurm tokens or cost-reduction triggers in a single turn realistic.

05
Gargos, Vicious Watcher

Gargos, Vicious Watcher

37.4% of decks · synergy 0.24

Gargos, Vicious Watcher slashes the cost of Hydra spells, and Karametra's Acolyte provides the raw green mana volume needed to make those discounted Hydras as large as possible — devotion to green is rarely a problem in a Hydra tribal shell.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Karametra's Acolyte is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive footprint outside Commander is essentially zero. In older formats like Legacy and Vintage, four mana for a do-nothing-until-next-turn creature is a non-starter when the format operates on a much faster axis. Modern and Pioneer are theoretically legal homes, but no competitive devotion shell there has ever needed a four-drop tap-for-mana creature when faster options exist. Commander is where Karametra's Acolyte actually lives: mono-green and Simic devotion decks can realistically tap it for six or more mana, and in those shells it competes favorably with most other mana doublers in the format.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Staff of DominationKarametra's Acolyte

Staff of DominationKarametra's Acolyte

Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite green mana

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Umbral MantleKarametra's Acolyte

Umbral MantleKarametra's Acolyte

Infinite green mana; Infinitely large creature until end of turn; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce

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Price Context

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Pricing data for Karametra's Acolyte isn't available in the current feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number before buying. Historically it has floated in the budget-to-mid range given its narrow application, so it's rarely a painful pickup for the decks that actually want it.

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