Story Seeker
Creature — Dwarf Cleric
Lifelink
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kaldheim
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #23836
Story Seeker is a 2/2 lifelinker for two mana — a statline that trades even with most early threats and gains life every time it connects. It's playable, but it's a floor-level card: no enters-the-battlefield effect, no scaling, no text beyond lifelink.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Story Seeker finds its most defensible home in Pauper, where a common 2/2 lifelinker can actually fill a curve slot in white aggro or soul sisters-style strategies. In Commander, a vanilla two-drop with no ETB and no synergy text is almost never worth a slot — 99-card decks demand more leverage per card. Competitive Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer lists have no use for it; those formats have lifelink creatures that staple on real upside. The one genuine exception is a dedicated lifegain Commander deck helmed by something like Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn or Oloro, Ageless Ascetic, where every point of life matters mechanically — but even there, Story Seeker competes against better options at the same cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Story Seeker is deep bulk — it costs less than postage and holds no financial interest. Bulk commons don't appreciate unless they land on a ban list or spike from a combo discovery, and nothing about Story Seeker suggests either is coming.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.