Selfless Cathar
Creature — Human Cleric
, Sacrifice this creature: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #26362
Selfless Cathar gives your whole board +1/+1 until end of turn for a single white mana sacrifice — the kind of surprise pump that wins combat math arguments or pushes lethal through. The cost is a one-mana 1/1 with no other text, so it earns its slot only in token or go-wide strategies that can afford a card that does nothing until you cash it in.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Selfless Cathar belongs in the narrow slice of white go-wide decks — token builds under commanders like Adeline, Resplendent Cathar or Isshin, Two Heavens as One — where a free end-of-turn pump across fifteen creatures is a legitimate finisher. Outside Commander, it's a fringe Pauper card at best, where aggressive white weenie lists occasionally use it as a sacrifice outlet that also happens to close the game, though better options exist at the same slot. In Modern and Pioneer the card is legal but irrelevant; neither format gives you the board density to make the sacrifice worth a card.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Selfless Cathar right now, but as a common with narrow applications it has historically sat at bulk — expect to find copies in the $0.10–$0.25 range at most retailers. There's no pressure to buy in; this is a card you pick out of a bulk bin, not one you track down.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.