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Rhox Faithmender

Creature — Rhino Monk

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander
Price
$1.34
EDHREC rank
#1666
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Rhox Faithmender card art
Rhox Faithmender doubles every point of life you gain — on a lifelink body that starts generating value the turn it attacks. Four mana is a real cost, but in any deck built around Aetherflux Reservoir or Hope Estheim, the math gets out of hand fast enough that the investment pays off immediately.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Hope Estheim

Hope Estheim

77.1% of decks · synergy 0.72

Hope Estheim rewards gaining life in chunks, and Rhox Faithmender turns every trigger into twice the fuel — meaning Hope Estheim's cost-reduction and card-draw abilities fire harder and faster than they would with any other doubler.

02
The Archimandrite

The Archimandrite

72.4% of decks · synergy 0.72

The Archimandrite wants life totals climbing high enough to convert into card advantage and board presence, and Rhox Faithmender doubles every source feeding that engine, making each heal disproportionately productive.

03
Bre of Clan Stoutarm

Bre of Clan Stoutarm

57.1% of decks · synergy 0.56

Bre of Clan Stoutarm scales payoffs directly off life gained, so Rhox Faithmender effectively doubles the output of every trigger — more damage, more tokens, more value from the same sequence of events.

04
Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant

Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant

64.3% of decks · synergy 0.55

Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant cares about reaching high life totals as a condition for his triggered abilities, and Rhox Faithmender cuts the time to get there in half.

05
Will, Scion of Peace

Will, Scion of Peace

59.3% of decks · synergy 0.54

Will, Scion of Peace reduces spell costs based on life gained each turn, and Rhox Faithmender doubles every point feeding that discount — routinely making spells free by mid-game.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Rhox Faithmender actually lives — 40 starting life, slower clocks, and life-gain payoffs everywhere make doubling effects that much more punishing. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but sees no meaningful play; four mana for a non-disruptive creature goes nowhere in formats that decide games on turns one through three. Modern is the one constructed format where Rhox Faithmender has shown occasional fringe interest in dedicated lifegain shells, though it's firmly a casual pick even there. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home for the same reasons Commander is: the life totals and slower pace let the doubling effect accumulate into something decisive.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$1.34 cheap tier

At $1.34, Rhox Faithmender sits in the easy-include tier — cheap enough that there's no budget reason to avoid it if lifegain is your deck's engine. The price reflects its narrow applicability; outside dedicated lifegain commanders, demand doesn't move the needle.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.