Supreme Exemplar
Creature — Elemental
Flying
Champion an Elemental (When this enters, sacrifice it unless you exile another Elemental you control. When this leaves the battlefield, that card returns to the battlefield.)
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Morningtide
- Price
- $0.41
- EDHREC rank
- #23153
Supreme Exemplar lands as a 10/10 flying trampler that immediately champions another Elemental — the threat is real the turn it resolves. The problem is ten mana, and without Molten Echoes or a similar token doubler to generate a free copy before the champion trigger fires, you're paying full retail for a creature that dies to any removal spell.
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 |
Commander is the only format where Supreme Exemplar is worth discussing. Ten mana is unplayable in Legacy, Modern, or Vintage without a broken ramp engine, and those formats have no interest in a vanilla beatstick at that cost. In Commander, Elemental tribal shells — especially those with access to token-doubling effects — can realistically reach ten mana and exploit the champion trigger as a feature rather than a drawback, making Supreme Exemplar a genuine finisher in the right list.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.41 bulk tier
At $0.41, Supreme Exemplar is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. The price is unlikely to move without a high-profile Elemental commander printing that pushes it into competitive tribal lists.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.