Sister Repentia
Creature — Human Warrior
Martyrdom — When this creature dies, you gain 2 life and draw two cards.
Miracle 
(You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #15753
Sister Repentia swings for 8 unblockable damage on a 3-drop — that ceiling is real, but she requires a sacrifice outlet or dies quietly at end of turn without connecting. Pair her with Inquisitor Greyfax's vigilance-granting ability and she becomes a repeatable, evasive threat rather than a one-shot gamble.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Inquisitor Greyfax
Inquisitor Greyfax turns Sister Repentia from a telegraphed, end-of-turn liability into a consistent threat — vigilance means she survives her own activation window, and Greyfax's other keyword-granting tools let her hit hard without immediately vanishing from the board.
Commissar Severina Raine
Commissar Severina Raine's token-generating drain engine wants bodies on the battlefield and doesn't mind losing them, which makes Sister Repentia's sacrifice clause a feature rather than a drawback — she deals a burst of unblockable damage and then feeds the sacrifice synergies Severina Raine is already running.
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 |
Commander is where Sister Repentia actually lives — the 40-life format gives her 8-damage ceiling more room to matter, and Warhammer 40,000 tribal synergies make her easier to slot alongside other Adepta Sororitas pieces. In Legacy and Vintage she's technically legal but competes in formats that don't care about a fragile 3-drop with a conditional payoff, so she never shows up there. Sister Repentia is a Commander-only card in practice.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Sister Repentia is bulk — easy to pick up, no financial commitment required. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to spike outside a major reprint or a breakout tribal build, so grab copies when you need them and don't think twice about it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.