Stockpiling Celebrant
Creature — Dwarf Knight
When this creature enters, you may return another target nonland permanent you control to its owner's hand. If you do, scry 2.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #21739
Stockpiling Celebrant turns every token or creature-sacrifice trigger into a free mana ability, generating a Treasure the moment you cash in a nontoken creature — value that compounds fast in sacrifice-heavy shells. The cost is real: it demands a steady stream of nontoken creatures to sacrifice, so it underperforms in decks that mostly feed on tokens.
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, Stockpiling Celebrant occupies a clean niche in sacrifice synergy decks: it asks nothing beyond the sacrifice triggers you're already generating and hands back Treasures that accelerate your next big play. Competitive Commander tables are fast enough that the Celebrant's value is measured in whether those Treasures let you deploy a finisher a turn earlier — in dedicated Aristocrats builds it does, in slower goodstuff piles it doesn't earn its slot. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, sacrifice decks exist but are tight on slots and rarely need a three-mana creature that doesn't directly threaten the board; Stockpiling Celebrant is unlikely to make the cut there. Standard is the friendliest 60-card environment for it if a dedicated sacrifice shell is present. Pauper is legal but the format's sacrifice engines are lean and focused on cheaper pieces, so it sits on the fringe.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Stockpiling Celebrant is pure bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a common box at any LGS. Bulk rares rarely appreciate unless a specific combo or meta shift elevates them, and there's no current pressure pointing that direction here.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.