Tel-Jilad Lifebreather
Creature — Troll Shaman
, 
, Sacrifice a Forest: Regenerate target creature.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Fifth Dawn
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #29713
Tel-Jilad Lifebreather gives a Forest-typed permanent indestructible until end of turn by tapping and spending a green mana — which sounds useful until you notice you're paying two resources to protect one permanent at instant speed, with no upside beyond that single shield. Too narrow and too costly in action economy for most lists.
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 |
Tel-Jilad Lifebreather is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but seeing real play in none of them. In Commander, the effect is simply too small — protecting one permanent once, at the cost of both the creature and a mana, doesn't scale to multiplayer threats. In Pauper, where common-slot creatures compete hard for board presence, Tel-Jilad Lifebreather offers no offensive or card-advantage upside, making it a easy cut. Across Legacy and Vintage, the power floor is too high for a defensive tap-down ability that doesn't replace itself.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Tel-Jilad Lifebreather is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a draft chaff box. That price reflects the demand accurately, and there's no meaningful adoption trend that would move it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.