Order of the Mirror // Order of the Alabaster Host
Creature — Human Knight // Creature — Phyrexian Knight
: Transform this creature. Activate only as a sorcery. ( can be paid with either 
or 2 life.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #26976
Order of the Mirror // Order of the Alabaster Host is a two-mana 2/2 that transforms into a 4/4 flying lifelinker — strong stats for the cost, delivered on a card that asks almost nothing of you to flip. The back half is the whole reason to play it: a resilient white threat that wins races and closes games in creature-based strategies.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Order of the Mirror // Order of the Alabaster Host slots cleanly into white creature strategies that can consistently trigger the transform condition — token decks, life-gain builds, and anything that attacks in waves. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer are too fast for a two-drop that needs setup before it threatens, and better two-drops exist in each format. Pauper is where it has the most non-Commander upside: white aggro and flicker shells can flip it reliably, and a 4/4 flying lifelinkr is a legitimate clock at common. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander — good in the right shell, irrelevant elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Order of the Mirror // Order of the Alabaster Host is pure bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar box, not tracking it on a buylist. Deep supply keeps the price floor here, and there's no realistic spike vector unless a future Commander precon or competitive breakout sends demand somewhere it hasn't been.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.