Vile Deacon
Creature — Human Cleric
Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Clerics on the battlefield.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Legions
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #24722
Vile Deacon swings as a 3/3 for every Cleric you have in play, which in a dedicated Cleric tribal deck can routinely mean double-digit power for three mana. The catch is it's a do-nothing 1/2 outside of a crowd — run it only if you're already deep on Clerics.
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 |
Commander is where Vile Deacon belongs — Cleric tribal has real support there, and commanders like Ravos, Soultender or Taborax, Hope's Demise can assemble the density Vile Deacon needs to matter. In Pauper it's legal but Clerics lack the critical mass to make a 1/2 with a conditional pump competitive. Legacy and Vintage are legal in the technical sense; neither format will give Vile Deacon a second look.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Vile Deacon is deep bulk — the price accurately reflects a narrow tribal card with no crossover appeal. It won't appreciate, but it also costs you almost nothing to slot into a Cleric deck where it earns its spot.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.