Severance Priest

Creature — Djinn Cleric

Deathtouch
When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand. You may choose a nonland card from it. If you do, exile that card.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, the exiled card's owner creates an X/X white Spirit creature token, where X is the mana value of the exiled card.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{W}{B}{G}
Color identity
BGW
Rarity
rare
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm
Price
$0.19
EDHREC rank
#23499
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Severance Priest card art
Severance Priest enters the battlefield and immediately exiles all cards with the same name from every graveyard — free, no activation cost, no hoops. At two mana for a 2/1 with flash, it's a staple answer to graveyard recursion that also happens to leave a body behind.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Severance Priest punches well above its cost: flash lets you drop it at instant speed the moment a Muldrotha or Karador trigger goes on the stack, and the exile effect hitting all graveyards at once covers the table rather than a single target. It won't replace a Tormod's Crypt if you need broad hate, but as a creature-based slot that doubles as a blocker, it earns its place. In constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer, Severance Priest trades generality for precision — it answers one card name at a time, which is narrow against combo decks running multiple graveyard lines. Standard may see it as niche sideboard tech against whatever recursion engine is dominant at a given time, but the flash timing is genuinely strong across all sixty-card formats.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.19 bulk tier

At $0.19, Severance Priest is deep bulk — easy to acquire as a four-of without any budget pressure. Bulk creatures with narrow utility rarely appreciate, so treat it as a cheap tool to keep in your collection rather than a spec.

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