Karona's Zealot
Creature — Human Cleric
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, all damage that would be dealt to it this turn is dealt to target creature instead.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Masters 25
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #27710
Karona's Zealot is a five-mana 3/4 with protection from everything until it attacks — a nearly unkillable blocker that becomes vulnerable the moment you go on offense. That asymmetry makes it a defensive role-player at best, not a threat.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Karona's Zealot is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, the five-mana slot is crowded with cards that affect the board immediately or generate value — Karona's Zealot does neither. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a 3/4 that can't be the aggressor without losing its defining ability. It's a bulk rare that occasionally surfaces in casual Commander lists built around protection synergies or indestructible themes, and that's the ceiling.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Karona's Zealot is deep bulk — the kind of card that costs more to ship than to buy. Don't expect that to change; narrow defensive creatures with no competitive applications don't appreciate.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.