High Priest of Penance

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High Priest of Penance: Creature - Human Cleric, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{W}{B}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Human Cleric
Colour identity
White and black (WB)
Power / toughness
1/1
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
Released
2022-06-10
Collector number
848
Artist
Mark Zug
Commander rank
12,308 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About High Priest of Penance

High Priest of Penance is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and black creature from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 848 in that set, with art by Mark Zug. It costs {W}{B} (one white and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is white and black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Gatecrash (2013) to Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you may destroy target nonland permanent.

"All I require is faith, loyalty, obedience, trust, and complete and utter devotion."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.29 (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 High Priest of Penance by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of High Priest of Penance

High Priest of Penance has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Commander 2018 (C18) #183Rare2018
Gatecrash (GTC) #171Rare2013

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to High Priest of Penance.

  • High Priest of Penance's ability triggers once for each instance of damage dealt to it, not once for each 1 damage. The ability will trigger even if High Priest of Penance is dealt lethal damage.

Similar cards

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In these precons

High Priest of Penance is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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