Zealots en-Dal

Creature — Human Soldier

At the beginning of your upkeep, if all nonland permanents you control are white, you gain 1 life.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Exodus
Price
$0.14
EDHREC rank
#30877
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Zealots en-Dal puts a repeatable fog effect on the board — pay two white mana each turn to prevent all combat damage to you, which can lock aggressive decks out of their entire offense. The catch is the cumulative upkeep: the cost grows by one white pip every turn, so the clock is always ticking on how long you can sustain it.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Zealots en-Dal occupies a niche pillow-fort role — it's a cheap threat deterrent that taxes combat-focused decks, though the cumulative upkeep means it's a temporary measure rather than a permanent answer. Legacy and Vintage have access to it on paper, but neither format has any incentive to run it: white has clean unconditional protection at lower cost, and the cumulative upkeep is a crippling liability in high-speed environments. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case where a white enchantment-heavy planeswalker shell might squeeze a turn or two of value from it, but even there better options exist. The card is essentially Commander-or-nothing, and within Commander it belongs only in dedicated pillow-fort lists willing to manage the upkeep math.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.14 bulk tier

At $0.14, Zealots en-Dal is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the effect. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a popular commander gives it a specific home, so buy it if you want the effect and forget about it as anything other than a throw-in.

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