Cathedral Acolyte

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Cathedral Acolyte: Creature - Human Cleric, Fallout. Each creature you control with a counter on it has ward 1. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{G}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Human Cleric
Colour identity
Green (G)
Power / toughness
1/2
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Fallout (PIP)
Released
2024-03-08
Collector number
75
Artist
Jeremy Paillotin
Commander rank
6,323 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Cathedral Acolyte

Cathedral Acolyte is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon green creature from Fallout (PIP), a Commander product released in March 2024. It is collector number 75 in that set, with art by Jeremy Paillotin. It costs {1}{G} (one generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/2 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Fallout is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.38 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Each creature you control with a counter on it has ward {1}. (Whenever it becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {1}.)

{T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature that entered this turn.

"Master, evolve me to perfection!"

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.38 (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 Cathedral Acolyte by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Cathedral Acolyte

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Fallout (PIP) #603Uncommon2024

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Cathedral Acolyte, newest first.

  • The effect of Cathedral Acolyte’s first ability applies to any creature you control with a counter on it, not just ones with +1/+1 counters.
  • Once a creature’s ward ability has triggered, causing that creature to lose ward by removing Cathedral Acolyte won’t affect the ability. The appropriate player will still have to pay {1} or see their spell or ability countered.

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