Starlight Invoker
Creature — Human Cleric Mutant
: You gain 5 life.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Tenth Edition
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #29655
Starlight Invoker's seven-mana activated ability to gain 7 life is too expensive and too low-impact to justify a roster slot in any serious Commander deck. A 1/1 cleric that occasionally pads your life total is not a win condition, and the effect doesn't scale with the mana investment.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Starlight Invoker is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Pauper it's technically accessible, though a seven-mana activated ability on a 1/1 body competes poorly with the format's efficient threats and answers. Commander is where life-gain strategies are most forgiving, but even there, Starlight Invoker offers no card advantage, no board presence, and no path to victory — just life totals that reset to zero when an opponent combos off. Across every format, there are strictly better options for what it's trying to do.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Starlight Invoker is deep bulk — the price accurately reflects its competitive ceiling. Don't expect movement; this is a card you find in a common box, not one you track.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.