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Kor Celebrant

Creature — Kor Cleric

Whenever this creature or another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
common
Set
The List
Price
$0.17
EDHREC rank
#11971
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Kor Celebrant card art
Kor Celebrant turns every creature entering the battlefield into a life buffer — relevant the moment it lands, not just when a combo assembles. The payoff ceiling is high alongside Scurry Oak or Trelasarra, Moon Dancer, where each counter or token trigger stacks into a meaningful life total fast enough to matter.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Trelasarra, Moon Dancer

Trelasarra, Moon Dancer

23.2% of decks · synergy 0.23

Trelasarra, Moon Dancer and Kor Celebrant form a self-reinforcing loop: every life gain triggers Trelasarra, every counter or Scry trigger can feed another creature entering, and Kor Celebrant keeps the life total climbing fast enough to make Trelasarra's counters snowball into a lethal threat.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

In Commander, Kor Celebrant earns its slot in dedicated lifegain builds where the repeated trigger economy matters more than raw card power — 23% inclusion in Trelasarra, Moon Dancer decks is a meaningful signal. Pauper is where it has the most competitive credibility, slotting into white lifegain aggro shells that can actually leverage the body and the trigger on the same turn curve. Modern and Pioneer both have access to it, but the three-mana 1/3 body doesn't clear the bar in formats where that slot demands immediate board impact or protection. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — Kor Celebrant is simply outclassed at every axis those formats care about.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

37 decks
Basking BroodscaleKor CelebrantCleric Class

Basking BroodscaleKor CelebrantCleric Class

Infinite ETB; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite creature tokens

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Price Context

Current price

$0.17 bulk tier

At $0.17, Kor Celebrant is pure bulk — grab a copy out of a common box or any discount bin without a second thought. Bulk commons with narrow combo applications rarely appreciate, so treat this as a permanent cheap include rather than anything to speculate on.

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