Pious Warrior
Creature — Human Rebel Warrior
Whenever this creature is dealt combat damage, you gain that much life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #25903
Pious Warrior gains you life equal to its power whenever it deals combat damage — fine in isolation, irrelevant against the threats that actually end Commander games. A four-mana 3/3 with conditional lifegain is a bulk common for a reason.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Pious Warrior is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, lifegain synergy decks built around commanders like Oloro, Ageless Ascetic or Liesa, Shroud of Dusk want payoffs that trigger repeatedly or at scale — a 3/3 that gains 3 on a hit is too conditional and too fragile to matter. In Pauper, the common slot is fiercely contested, and Pious Warrior doesn't clear the bar for any established archetype. Legacy and Vintage ignore it entirely.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Pious Warrior is deep bulk — the kind of card you find in a dollar bin without looking. That price reflects its playability accurately, and there's no scenario where demand pushes it higher.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.