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Soul's Attendant
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Soul's Attendant

{W}

Creature — Human Cleric

LegalRank #844

Whenever another creature enters, you may gain 1 life.

1/1

Why is this card good?

Soul's Attendant is the twin of Soul Warden, and you often want both in the same deck. The reason she's good in Commander isn't the lifegain itself — gaining 1 here and there is nearly irrelevant — it's that she's an enabler in builds that care about gaining life. She shines in lifegain-matters decks (Heliod, Sun-Crowned, Karlov of the Ghost Council, Oloro) where each trigger fuels a payoff: counters, draw, drain, or going infinite. With outlets like Heliod plus Walking Ballista, or a sac-loop creature that re-enters, she becomes a combo piece rather than a chump-blocker. She also pulls weight in token swarms (creatures entering en masse) and as a soft pillow-fort speed bump in long grindy games. Don't run her as standalone lifegain — without payoffs she's a vanilla 1/1 that does basically nothing to win the game. Skip her in aggressive, low-creature, or non-white-synergy decks where the trigger never accumulates into something meaningful.

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Soul WardenW

Nearly identical lifegain on creature entry, classic pairing.

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Essence WardenG

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Ajani's WelcomeW

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Angelic ChorusW

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Impact TremorsR

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Cathars' CrusadeW

Token-go-wide payoff that triggers on each creature entering.

Printings (4)

sldSecret Lair Drop · #7147R$8.11Buy
ltcTales of Middle-earth Commander · #520U$9.25Buy
plstThe List · #ROE-44C$6.17Buy
roeRise of the Eldrazi · #44C$5.67Buy

Played by these commanders

Go-Shintai of Life's Origin100% of 1

Combos (8)

  • Darien, King of Kjeldor + Soul's Attendant + Blasting Station

    → Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite lifegain triggers

  • Soul's Attendant + Scurry Oak + Heliod, Sun-Crowned

    → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite ETB, Infinite lifegain

  • Soul's Attendant + Scurry Oak + Cleric Class

    → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite ETB, Infinite lifegain

  • Treebeard, Gracious Host + Scurry Oak + Soul's Attendant

    → Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite ETB

  • Archangel of Thune + Soul's Attendant + Scurry Oak

    → Infinite ETB, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifegain

  • Basking Broodscale + Soul's Attendant + Heliod, Sun-Crowned

    → Infinite ETB, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifegain

Rulings (1)

  • 2010-06-15

    If Soul's Attendant and another creature enter at the same time, Soul's Attendant's ability will trigger.

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