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Setessan Petitioner

Creature — Human Druid

When this creature enters, you gain life equal to your devotion to green. (Each {G} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to green.)

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{G}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Theros Beyond Death
Price
$0.10
EDHREC rank
#21140
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Setessan Petitioner card art
Setessan Petitioner gains you 4 life on entry and another 4 whenever you untap it — trivial to loop with Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker for infinite life, and that engine costs you two mana and a 1/3 body. Outside of that specific combo context, 4 life for two mana is irrelevant in Commander, so the card earns its slot exactly once and only in decks built to exploit it.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Setessan Petitioner is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees meaningful play in exactly one context: Commander decks that can generate infinite untap triggers or token copies. In 60-card formats, a 1/3 that gains 4 life on entry doesn't come close to competing — Modern and Legacy have far more efficient lifegain and combo infrastructure. Commander is the only format where the untap-loop payoff is readily accessible and the game is long enough for the setup to matter.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.10 bulk tier

At $0.10, Setessan Petitioner is pure bulk — it costs less than a sleeve and is widely available in bulk lots. The price is stable at the floor; there's no scarcity keeping it up and no spike incoming unless a new infinite-untap commander breaks through.

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