Parish-Blade Trainee
Creature — Human Soldier
Training (Whenever this creature attacks with another creature with greater power, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
When this creature dies, put its counters on target creature you control.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad: Double Feature
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #19657
Parish-Blade Trainee enters as a 1/3, but every time you cast a spell with mana value 3 or greater it gets a +1/+1 counter, turning into a real threat if you can trigger it twice or more. The cost is that it does nothing the turn it arrives and folds to any removal before you untap.
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 |
Parish-Blade Trainee is legal in Commander, Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. In Commander it fits Human tribal builds and spell-heavy go-wide strategies, but the once-per-turn growth cap means it rarely dominates a board that resets every combat step. In Pauper it competes directly with more immediately impactful two-drops, and the conditional counter trigger is hard to reliably fire in tempo-focused lists. Across constructed formats, the card asks you to build around it without providing enough standalone pressure to justify the slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Parish-Blade Trainee is deep bulk — you can pick up a playset for under a dollar without thinking twice. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price tier rarely hold or gain value, so treat it as a freely swappable piece rather than anything to stockpile.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.