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Wernog, Rider's Chaplain

Legendary Creature — Human

When Wernog, Rider's Chaplain enters or leaves the battlefield, each opponent may investigate. Each opponent who doesn't loses 1 life. You investigate X times, where X is one plus the number of opponents who investigated this way.
Partner—Friends forever (You can have two commanders if both have this ability.)

CMC
2
Mana cost
{W}{B}
Color identity
BW
Rarity
rare
Set
Secret Lair Drop
Price
$13.81
EDHREC rank
#10879
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Wernog, Rider's Chaplain card art
Wernog, Rider's Chaplain enters and immediately hands every opponent a 1/1 Human token — then gives you one for each opponent who accepted, netting you up to three bodies from a single two-mana creature. That token flood is the whole point: Teysa, Opulent Oligarch turns those humans into draw and sacrifice fodder, and Time Sieve converts five tokens into an extra turn.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch

Teysa, Opulent Oligarch

50.9% of decks · synergy 0.49

Teysa, Opulent Oligarch's ability to generate Treasure and draw cards off token deaths makes Wernog, Rider's Chaplain's enter-the-battlefield flood directly translatable into card advantage and mana — the two cards form the core of the engine.

02
Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness

Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness

23.1% of decks · synergy 0.22

Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness drains opponents when nontoken creatures die on their side, so gifting each player a Human token means Wernog, Rider's Chaplain sets up future drain triggers every time those tokens trade in combat or get sacrificed.

03
Inquisitor Greyfax

Inquisitor Greyfax

19.4% of decks · synergy 0.19

Inquisitor Greyfax turns vigilance into a tap-based token engine, and Wernog, Rider's Chaplain's immediate board presence gives Greyfax targets the turn it enters — the Human tokens can attack and still crew abilities without tapping down.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Wernog, Rider's Chaplain does its best work: three opponents means three potential token gifts, and the political dimension of handing out bodies genuinely matters at a multiplayer table where currying favor or baiting attacks has real value. In Vintage and Legacy it's legal but almost never seen — two mana for a 1/1 that gives opponents creatures isn't competitive in 1v1 contexts where symmetry is a liability, not a political tool. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's multiplayer math closely enough that Wernog can show up there in the same token-sacrifice shells.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Wernog, Rider's ChaplainAcademy ManufactorDeadeye Navigator

Wernog, Rider's ChaplainAcademy ManufactorDeadeye Navigator

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite colored mana; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite blinking; Infinite Treasure tokens; Infinite Clue tokens; Infinite Food tokens; Infinite Clue tokens for opponents

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Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Hunted Witness and similar "gift" creatures like Hunted Bonebrute offer the same political token-distribution at a fraction of the cost, though they lack Wernog, Rider's Chaplain's scalability to three opponents and the conditional upside of receiving tokens back. If the primary goal is seeding your own board with small bodies for sacrifice, Doomed Traveler or Ministrant of Obligation provide white one- and two-drops that generate tokens without giving opponents anything — you lose the political angle entirely, but you keep the engine fuel.

Price Context

Current price

$13.81 mid tier

At $13.81, Wernog, Rider's Chaplain sits in mid-tier pricing for a card with a very specific home — you're paying for its combo adjacency with Time Sieve and its role as a centerpiece in Teysa builds. That price is defensible if you're building one of those dedicated shells; if you just want token generation, cheaper alternatives exist and the card is unlikely to hold this price outside of its target archetype.

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