Exemplar of Light
Exemplar of Light: Creature - Angel, Foundations Commander. Flying Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}{W}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Angel
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Power / toughness
- 3/3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Foundations Commander (FDC)
- Released
- 2026-10-02
- Collector number
- 28
- Artist
- Ekaterina Burmak
- Keywords
- Flying
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About Exemplar of Light
Exemplar of Light is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white creature from Foundations Commander (FDC), released in October 2026. It is collector number 28 in that set, with art by Ekaterina Burmak. It costs {2}{W}{W} (two generic and two white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Foundations Commander (2024) to Foundations (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.49 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Flying
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Whenever you put one or more +1/+1 counters on this creature, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
"I will not rest until you know peace."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.49 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Exemplar of Light by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Exemplar of Light
Exemplar of Light has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations (FDN) #733 | Rare | 2026 |
| Foundations Promos (PFDN) #11p | Rare | 2026 |
| Foundations (FDN) #11 | Rare | 2024 |
| Foundations (FDN) #297 | Rare | 2024 |
| Foundations (FDN) #366 | Rare | 2024 |
| Foundations (FDN) #445 | Rare | 2024 |
| Foundations Promos (PFDN) #11s | Rare | 2024 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Exemplar of Light, newest first.
- Exemplar of Light's second ability triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it's 1 life from Dazzling Angel or 4 life from Apothecary Stomper.
- If Exemplar of Light is dealt lethal damage at the same time that you gain life, it won't receive a counter from its second ability in time to save it.
- Exemplar of Light's last ability triggers whenever you put one or more +1/+1 counters on it for any reason, not just as a result of its second ability.
- In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause Exemplar of Light's second ability to trigger, even though it caused your team's life total to increase.
- If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something or "equal to the number" of something, that life is gained as one event and Exemplar of Light's second ability triggers only once.
- Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, Exemplar of Light's second ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, planeswalkers, and/or battles at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.
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