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Temple Acolyte
Oracle Text
When this creature enters, you gain 3 life.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Temple Acolyte is a simple but very serviceable body for white decks that want early stability, especially control, midrange, or lifegain-focused strategies. For {1}{W}, a 1/3 Human Cleric that gains 3 life on entry gives you immediate cushion against aggressive starts while also leaving behind a blocker that can trade up with many small attackers and survive combat with x/1 creatures. The card’s best home is usually a deck that values tempo through defense: it buys time to reach sweepers, larger threats, or recurring lifegain payoffs. It also pairs naturally with cards that care about creatures entering the battlefield or about life total increases, such as Soul Warden-style triggers, lifegain-matters payoffs, or blink effects that can reuse the 3-life trigger. In Limited, it is a solid early pick when you need board presence and breathing room; in Constructed, it is more of a support piece than a build-around, but efficient enough to justify inclusion when your plan rewards staying alive.
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Character Background
Temple Acolyte is a simple but very serviceable body for white decks that want early stability, especially control, midrange, or lifegain-focused strategies. For {1}{W}, a 1/3 Human Cleric that gains 3 life on entry gives you immediate cushion against aggressive starts while also leaving behind a blocker that can trade up with many small attackers and survive combat with x/1 creatures. The card’s best home is usually a deck that values tempo through defense: it buys time to reach sweepers, larger threats, or recurring lifegain payoffs. It also pairs naturally with cards that care about creatures entering the battlefield or about life total increases, such as Soul Warden-style triggers, lifegain-matters payoffs, or blink effects that can reuse the 3-life trigger. In Limited, it is a solid early pick when you need board presence and breathing room; in Constructed, it is more of a support piece than a build-around, but efficient enough to justify inclusion when your plan rewards staying alive.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-09-04 22:10:44 UTC