Shattered Acolyte
Creature — Dwarf Warlock
Lifelink
, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #20738
Shattered Acolyte trades itself to give a target creature protection from white until end of turn — cheap disruption that doubles as a way to push a creature through blockers or dodge a removal spell. One mana and a 1/1 body is a fine price for that kind of flexibility, but the effect is narrow enough that it only earns a slot in decks that specifically want to exploit protection.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Shattered Acolyte is a fringe inclusion — protection from white dodges a handful of common removal spells like Swords to Plowshares and Path to Exile, but one-shot reactive cards compete hard for slots in a 99-card format. Aggressive white-heavy metas make it more attractive; anywhere else it sits too narrow. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Legacy, Shattered Acolyte is too low-impact to see serious play. Pauper is where it has the most theoretical upside — cheap bodies with relevant abilities matter more at common rarity, and protecting a key attacker for one mana can swing a race.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Shattered Acolyte is deep bulk — pick it up in a common box or toss it into a trade binder without a second thought. That price reflects its narrow application, and there's no realistic demand driver that would move it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.