Moonrise Cleric
Creature — Bat Cleric
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, you gain 1 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #10809
Moonrise Cleric lands as a persistent source of life gain and graveyard interaction that costs almost nothing to slot in. Outside of Zoraline, Cosmos Caller decks, where it is nearly mandatory, it is a role-player rather than a centerpiece.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zoraline, Cosmos Caller
Moonrise Cleric shows up in over 83% of Zoraline, Cosmos Caller decks because it feeds the life-payment engine while simultaneously fueling graveyard synergies that Zoraline rewards — it does two jobs the deck needs at one mana.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Moonrise Cleric is legal everywhere but earns its slot almost exclusively in Commander, where the graveyard and life-gain triggers compound over a long game. In Pauper the body is undersized and the effect too slow to compete with dedicated life-gain or graveyard payoff commons. Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy have no interest — one mana buys far more impactful creatures in those formats. Commander is the only context where Moonrise Cleric is genuinely good rather than just passable.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Moonrise Cleric sits firmly in bulk territory, so the financial barrier to including it is zero. Bulk rares and commons at this price point rarely climb unless they find a breakout deck, and Moonrise Cleric's ceiling is capped by how narrowly it performs outside its native Zoraline shell.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.