Soldevi Heretic
Creature — Human Cleric
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: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. Target opponent may draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alliances
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #30766
Soldevi Heretic trades a 1/1 body and two mana for the ability to prevent damage to a creature and draw its controller a card — a strange political tool that shores up your own blockers or buys goodwill at the cost of real tempo. It sees almost no competitive play because two mana per activation is too expensive for an effect this situational.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Soldevi Heretic is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees virtually no play in any of them. In Commander it can find a niche in politics-heavy or group hug builds where handing an opponent a card buys diplomatic cover, but the activation cost and the fragility of a 1/1 body make it hard to justify a slot. In Pauper, where commons matter more, the effect just isn't efficient enough to compete — damage prevention on a reactive, tap-based creature is too slow for any meaningful role. Legacy and Vintage have access to far stronger tools, and Soldevi Heretic offers nothing those formats need.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Soldevi Heretic is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the effect. The price is unlikely to move; there's no competitive demand and no casual archetype hungry enough for this effect to create upward pressure.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.