Bygone Bishop

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Bygone Bishop: Creature - Spirit Cleric, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{W}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Spirit Cleric
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
2/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
Released
2022-06-10
Collector number
689
Artist
Jason A. Engle
Commander rank
7,306 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying, Investigate

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About Bygone Bishop

Bygone Bishop 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 689 in that set, with art by Jason A. Engle. It costs {2}{W} (two generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/3 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 5 sets, from Shadows over Innistrad (2016) to Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.33 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Flying

Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value 3 or less, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.33 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Bygone Bishop 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 Bygone Bishop

Bygone Bishop has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR) #18Rare2023
Crimson Vow Commander (VOC) #80Rare2021
Shadows over Innistrad Promos (PSOI) #8sRare2016
Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) #8Rare2016

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Bygone Bishop, newest first.

  • If an effect refers to a Clue, it means any Clue artifact, not just a Clue artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Wrench to pay for Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's activated ability.
  • Casting a spell for an alternative cost, such as a madness cost, doesn't change its mana value. For example, casting Twins of Maurer Estate (a card with mana cost {4}{B} and madness cost {2}{B}) for its madness cost will not cause Bygone Bishop's ability to trigger.
  • You can't sacrifice a Clue to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Clue token to activate its own ability and also to activate Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's ability.
  • Clue is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some cards with other permanent types, it's never a creature type, a land type, or anything but an artifact type.

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