Defiler of Faith
Defiler of Faith: Creature - Phyrexian Human, Dominaria United. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{W}{W}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Creature - Phyrexian Human
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Power / toughness
- 5/5
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Dominaria United (DMU)
- Released
- 2022-09-09
- Collector number
- 16
- Artist
- Magali Villeneuve
- Commander rank
- 4,843 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Vigilance
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About Defiler of Faith
Defiler of Faith is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white creature from Dominaria United (DMU), an expansion set released in September 2022. It is collector number 16 in that set, with art by Magali Villeneuve. It costs {3}{W}{W} (three generic and two white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 5/5 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 3 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.40 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Vigilance
As an additional cost to cast white permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost {W} less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of white mana you pay.
Whenever you cast a white permanent spell, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.40 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Defiler of Faith by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Defiler of Faith
Defiler of Faith has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #103394 | Rare | 2023 |
| Dominaria United (DMU) #385 | Rare | 2022 |
| Dominaria United Promos (PDMU) #16p | Rare | 2022 |
| Dominaria United Promos (PDMU) #16s | Rare | 2022 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Defiler of Faith, newest first.
- Some players may make the mental shortcut that the Defilers effectively turn one of the colored mana symbols in the spell’s cost into a Phyrexian colored mana symbol. Despite the similarity in function, this ability does not cause the spells to have Phyrexian mana symbols in their costs. Sorry, Rage Extractor!
- You may only pay the additional cost once per permanent spell.
Similar cards
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