Lorehold Apprentice
Creature — Human Cleric
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, until end of turn, Spirit creatures you control gain "
: This creature deals 1 damage to each opponent."
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #19429
Lorehold Apprentice drains each opponent for one life whenever you cast a historic spell — artifacts, legendaries, and sagas — and gains you that same life back, stacking up real pressure in decks that cast those spell types constantly. The cost is a two-mana 1/3 body that does nothing on its own and dies to a stiff breeze, so you only want it when your deck is already built around historic payoffs.
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 |
Commander is the only format where Lorehold Apprentice earns its slot — a four-player table means three separate drain triggers per historic spell, which adds up fast in artifact-heavy or legendary-dense builds. In Modern and Pioneer, a 1/3 for two that requires historic support is too slow and too fragile against the efficient threats and interaction those formats demand. Legacy and Vintage have the artifact density to trigger it repeatedly, but both formats have better two-drops at every point on the axis, so Lorehold Apprentice never sees play there. Stick to Commander, and only in decks where historic spells are the engine rather than the exception.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Lorehold Apprentice is pure bulk — pick it up in a trade binder or toss it in a cart filler order without a second thought. It has no crossover appeal in higher-power formats to push demand, so the price is stable at the floor and unlikely to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.