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Tethmos High Priest

Creature — Cat Cleric

Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, return target creature card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
common
Set
Foundations Jumpstart
Price
$0.22
EDHREC rank
#19726
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Tethmos High Priest card art
Tethmos High Priest turns every cheap heroic trigger into a free recursive loop, pulling creatures back from your graveyard each time you target it with an instant or sorcery. The cost is narrow — it only recurs creatures with converted mana cost two or less — but in decks built around low-cost heroic payoffs, like those helmed by Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch, that restriction barely registers.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Tethmos High Priest is a Pauper staple in heroic shells, where the density of cheap targeting spells makes its recursion trigger almost every turn. In Pioneer and Modern it sits on the fringe — the effect is powerful but the support structure for heroic is too thin to compete. Commander is where Tethmos High Priest has the most upside, specifically in Boros or Naya heroic builds that churn through low-CMC creatures and generate repeated spell triggers; the recursion becomes a resilience engine that grinds out attrition against removal-heavy tables.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.22 bulk tier

At $0.22, Tethmos High Priest is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card with a genuine combo ceiling. Prices at this tier don't move unless a high-profile deck or reprint pushes visibility, so buy a playset now if you need them and don't think twice about it.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.