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Creature — Human Monk
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Why is this card good?
Avacyn's Pilgrim is a humble one-drop mana dork that fixes you into white — the catch being it taps green mana to produce white. That's a meaningful distinction in Selesnya: it smooths out double-white costs in a deck that's typically green-heavy on early lands.
Where it shines:
- GW go-wide and tokens decks that need turn-two acceleration into your commander.
- Human typal builds (think Sigarda, General Kudro, Winota lists), where the creature type actually matters for synergies, anthems, and tutors.
- Any deck that struggles to hit early white pips off a forest-heavy mana base.
The downsides: it only makes white, so it's not true ramp toward big green spells — it's color fixing that happens to accelerate. A dork like Llanowar Elves or Birds of Paradise is usually more flexible. And like all mana creatures, it dies to the boardwipes your opponents are casting anyway.
Play it when you specifically want white mana and value the Human tag; skip it in green-centric ramp shells.
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Printings (7)
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