Price$0.35 – $9.62
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Creature — Spirit Cleric
LegalRank #598
Flying
Sacrifice this creature: Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
2/1
KeywordsFlying
Why is this card good?
Selfless Spirit is one of white's premier board wipe insurance policies, and it does it on a cheap, evasive body.
The key sell is that it protects your whole board for two mana — sac it in response to Wrath of God, Damnation, or a big Blasphemous Act, and your army shrugs it off. It also blanks targeted destruction and works beautifully on offense, letting you swing into combat without fearing favorable-for-them blocks.
Wants it:
- Go-wide tokens and aggressive white decks that get crushed by board wipes
- Voltron/equipment builds protecting a key commander (though it doesn't stop exile or -X/-X)
- Any white deck heavy on creatures where a wrath sets you back hardest
Skip it when: your deck is light on creatures (the indestructible payoff is small), or you're relying on graveyard/recursion strategies where wipes aren't catastrophic. It also does nothing against exile, bounce, or sacrifice effects, so it's not universal protection — just excellent against the most common removal.
A near-auto-include in creature-dense white decks.
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Printings (9)
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Rulings (1)
- 2016-07-13
The set of creatures affected by Selfless Spirit's last ability is determined as the ability resolves. Creatures you begin to control later in the turn won't gain indestructible.