Preacher
Creature — Human Cleric
You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step.
: For as long as this creature remains tapped, gain control of target creature of an opponent's choice they control.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Masters Edition
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #21700
Preacher steals any tapped creature your opponents control and holds it for as long as Preacher stays on the battlefield — repeatable theft on a three-mana body is a serious political and board-control tool. The catch is the fragility: Preacher is a 1/1, and the moment it dies, everything it borrowed walks home.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Preacher earns its keep — three or more opponents means a constant supply of tapped targets, and decks that tap enemy creatures (Opposition, Icy Manipulator, Willbreaker lines) turn Preacher into a repeating engine. Legacy sees almost no play for it; three mana for a conditional theft effect at sorcery-speed timing is far too slow against that format's threats. Vintage is technically legal but irrelevant — the power ceiling of that format leaves Preacher several rungs too low. Oathbreaker is legal and could support some political shells, though the smaller pod sizes reduce how reliably you find tapped targets.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data isn't available for Preacher, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. As an older, low-reprint creature with a genuinely useful theft effect in Commander, copies tend to trade above bulk — expect to pay accordingly if it shows up in a targeted search.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.