Temple Acolyte
Creature — Human Cleric
When this creature enters, you gain 3 life.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #29193
Temple Acolyte gains you 3 life when it enters — that's the whole card. A 1/2 for two mana that does nothing in combat and nothing on the stack is below the floor for competitive Commander.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Temple Acolyte is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but the only format where it sees any real play is Pauper, where the commons-only card pool inflates the value of even marginal lifegain. In Commander, 3 life at sorcery speed on a fragile body is not a meaningful tempo play at any point in the game — lifegain synergy decks like Oloro or Dina have far better commons and uncommons to work with. Legacy and Vintage have access to the entire card pool, so Temple Acolyte is simply never the right answer.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Temple Acolyte is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not effect. The price reflects the card's power level accurately and is unlikely to move in any direction worth tracking.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.