Loxodon Hierarch
Creature — Elephant Cleric
When this creature enters, you gain 4 life.
, Sacrifice this creature: Regenerate each creature you control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #18025
Loxodon Hierarch lands as a 4/4 body, gains you 4 life, and can blank an opponent's sweeper by regenerating your whole team — all on one card. Four mana for that stack of effects is fair, not exciting, which is exactly why it fits without breaking anything.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Loxodon Hierarch is a role-player in white-green creature decks that need incidental life gain and board protection on the same card — it won't win games alone, but it survives the cuts that more expensive tech doesn't. In Legacy and Vintage, it's entirely outclassed; four mana at sorcery speed for a 4/4 and some life doesn't compete in formats where threats resolve on turn one. Modern is the same story — the card sees no meaningful play there, and nothing in the modern card pool is pushing it back into consideration. Loxodon Hierarch is a Commander card at this point in its life, and a niche one at that, best in token-heavy or creature-dense builds that can actually use the regeneration ability before someone untaps.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Loxodon Hierarch is pure bulk — no scarcity, no tournament demand, no reason to expect movement. It's a fine pickup at that price if the effect fits your deck, but it's not holding any floor that isn't already the floor.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.