Archpriest of Iona

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Archpriest of Iona: Creature - Human Cleric, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{W}
Mana value
1
Type
Creature - Human Cleric
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
*/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
Released
2022-06-10
Collector number
686
Artist
Denman Rooke
Commander rank
10,697 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Archpriest of Iona

Archpriest of Iona is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white creature from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 686 in that set, with art by Denman Rooke. It costs {W} (one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It is a */2 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Zendikar Rising (2020) to Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.28 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Archpriest of Iona's power is equal to the number of creatures in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.)

At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you have a full party, target creature gets +1/+1 and gains flying until end of turn.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.28 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Archpriest of Iona by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Archpriest of Iona

Archpriest of Iona has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #83764Rare2020
Zendikar Rising Promos (PZNR) #5pRare2020
Zendikar Rising Promos (PZNR) #5sRare2020
Zendikar Rising (ZNR) #316Rare2020
Zendikar Rising (ZNR) #5Rare2020

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Archpriest of Iona, newest first.

  • To determine “the number of creatures in your party,” check whether you control a Cleric, whether you control a Rogue, whether you control a Warrior, and whether you control a Wizard. The number is the total number of those checks to which you answered yes. Each creature you control can be counted for only one of those checks.
  • The ability that defines Archpriest of Iona's power applies in all zones, not just the battlefield.
  • The last ability won't trigger at all if you don't have a full party as your combat phase begins. It won't grant +1/+1 or flying if you don't have a full party as it resolves. The number of creatures in your party may change between these times, however.
  • Some cards refer to you having a “full party.” This is true if the number of creatures in your party is four.
  • If a creature has more than one party creature type, and there are multiple ways to count that creature that could result in a different number of creatures in your party, the highest such number is used. For example, if you control a Cleric and a Cleric Wizard, the number of creatures in your party is two. You can't choose to have it be just one by counting the Cleric Wizard first as a Cleric.
  • Once the target creature gets +1/+1 and gains flying, it keeps those bonuses even if you no longer have a full party later in the turn.
  • An ability referring to the number of creatures in your party gets a number from zero to four. Such abilities never ask which creatures are in your party, and you never have to designate specific creatures as being in your party. You can't choose to exclude creatures from this count to lower the number.
  • Archpriest of Iona's power is constantly updated as the number of creatures in your party changes. If Archpriest of Iona is on the battlefield, it will consider itself as a Cleric.

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