Sacred White Deer
Creature — Elk
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: You gain 4 life. Activate only if you control a Yanggu planeswalker.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Treasure Chest
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #29471
Sacred White Deer gains you 4 life and puts a 2/2 into play for four mana — a two-for-one that does nothing explosive and nothing efficiently. It's a Limited filler card that has no business in a tuned Commander list.
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 |
Sacred White Deer is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, four mana for 4 life and a 2/2 body falls well below the rate you need to justify the slot — white has Talisman of Progress, Arcane Signet, and real lifegain payoffs that actually matter at this cost. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a four-mana do-nothing; those formats play Swords to Plowshares for one mana and move on. Oathbreaker is the only format where a dedicated life-matters or token-matters signature spell could theoretically give this a niche, and even there it's a stretch.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Sacred White Deer isn't currently available, but as a low-demand common-level effect it almost certainly sits under $0.50 in most markets. Budget is not the reason to run Sacred White Deer — there are better cards at any price point.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.