Soltari Priest
Creature — Soltari Cleric
Protection from red
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Junior APAC Series
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #21757
Soltari Priest is a two-mana 2/1 with protection from red and black that can never be blocked — shadow makes it a guaranteed damage source every turn it's alive. The floor is "annoyance tax on removal"; the ceiling is "unblockable voltron threat that closes games on its own."
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Soltari Priest earns its slot in white aggro and voltron strategies — shadow means your opponents' creatures are functionally irrelevant as blockers, and protection from red and black shuts off a wide swath of removal. Legacy and Vintage see it occasionally in shadow-tribal shells where evasion density matters, though it competes with strictly more powerful options in those deep formats. Modern is legal but the card sees no competitive play there; the power floor for two-drops is too high. Soltari Priest is at its best anywhere you're stacking equipment or auras on it and need the damage to connect reliably.
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Price Context
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.