Priest of the Wakening Sun
Creature — Human Cleric
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may reveal a Dinosaur card from your hand. If you do, you gain 2 life.
, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a Dinosaur card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ixalan
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #18003
Priest of the Wakening Sun tutors any Dinosaur to hand at the start of every upkeep and gains 2 life on the side — that's a repeating search effect stapled to a one-mana body. The cost is running it only in a dedicated Dinosaur shell where that tutor actually hits something worth finding.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Priest of the Wakening Sun is a Commander card through and through — the repeating upkeep tutor only matters across multiple turns, which is exactly the long game Commander plays out. In Modern and Pioneer, creature-type-gating on a one-mana 1/1 with no immediate board impact is a non-starter; Dinosaurs aren't a competitive archetype in either format. Legacy and Vintage have zero interest in a slow tutor on a fragile body when faster, unconditional options exist. Priest of the Wakening Sun belongs in one place: a dedicated Commander Dinosaur deck where it tutors every single turn for free.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Priest of the Wakening Sun is deep bulk — you're paying less for it than a sleeve. The price is stable because demand is narrow: it only does meaningful work in Dinosaur Commander decks, so don't expect it to spike, but also don't hesitate to pick up a copy whenever you're sleeving up Gishath or Pantlaza.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.