Qarsi High Priest
Creature — Human Cleric
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, Sacrifice another creature: Manifest the top card of your library. (Put that card onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Fate Reforged
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #22404
Qarsi High Priest turns surplus creatures into a steady stream of manifest threats — one black mana and a tap converts any body into a face-down 2/2 with potential upside. The cost is real: you need fodder, you need black mana open, and the manifest payoff depends entirely on what's sitting on top of your library.
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 |
Commander is where Qarsi High Priest earns its slot — sacrifice-heavy decks with Golgari or Sultai commanders generate the disposable creatures it needs, and manifest synergizes with morph and flicker effects that show up regularly in those colors. Outside Commander, Qarsi High Priest is a fringe consideration at best: Modern and Legacy have more efficient sacrifice outlets, Pioneer lacks the critical mass of manifest payoffs, and the tap requirement makes it too slow for any competitive non-rotating format. Play it in Commander and nowhere else.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Qarsi High Priest is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a trade binder rather than order individually. That price is stable; there's no pressure driving it up, and it's widely available enough that it won't spike.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.