Resplendent Mentor

Creature — Kithkin Cleric

White creatures you control have "Tap: You gain 1 life."

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (29)

Nach0s on Low CMC Heliod Lifegain

1 year ago

Combos: Heliod, Sun-Crowned + Walking Ballista Heliod, Sun-Crowned + Triskelion Resplendent Mentor + Famished Paladin

The first two are essentially just unlimited damage. You add lifelink with your commander for 2cmc and then you hit someone for 1 damage with either Walking Ballista 's 1 damage hit or the same thing with Triskelion . Once you hit with either of these abilities and they have lifelink, you instantly add a +1/+1 counter back on them with Heliod, Sun-Crowned ability and keep doing this until your opponents are dead.

The Combo with Famished Paladin has you use Resplendent Mentor ability to tap Famished Paladin for one life, then untap him and retap him with Resplendent Mentor ability again and again, giving unlimited +1/+1 counters to any creatures you have, and getting unlimited health.

SourRnaGrapes on Athreos Aristoken

3 years ago

Grind Orzhov Basilica is a great idea since it increases the available mana and guarantees a land drop! I feel as if Command Tower might be better for a deck with 3+ colours, but it's still appreciated.

I'm definitely aware that Famished Paladin can seem initially underwhelming, but when I cast Resplendent Mentor with Marauding Blight-Priest and Famished Paladin already on the field, I can just win the game outright (through tapping Famished Paladin for life, which then untaps for infinite lifegain and ping if blightpriest is on the field). Generous Gift is also pretty interesting, although I can recur High Priest of Penance especially with the methods that you told me about. The cards that you mentioned there are very interesting, I'll keep them in mind for the future.

I absolutely agree with you about Twilight Panther , it's more of a filler card. Luckily for me, I got Commander's Sphere from Commander Legends, so I can just slot it in as I'm typing this.

I'm really happy that I got all of this advice from you, thank you!

Fibonachos on Orah Aristocrats Combo

3 years ago

Thanks for the input! Took your suggestion and streamlined the combos. Mostly just dropped the ones which required more potentially dead pieces/were more expensive $$. Switched Burnt Offering with Culling the Weak. Since dropped Mikaeus dont need the Solemnity. The thought with Celestial Gatekeeper is getting 3 creatures back from the graveyard, including potentially higher cmc clerics such as Resplendent Mentor or Bishop of Rebirth

king-saproling on Darien, King of Kjeldor Token/Lifegain EDH

3 years ago

You might like these: Daxos, Blessed by the Sun, Resplendent Mentor, Palace Jailer (flavor! plus being monarch incites opps to hit you. and it is a decent way draw cards for white), Throne of the High City, Coat of Arms, Aetherworks Marvel, Crovax, Ascendant Hero, Worn Powerstone (gets darien out T4), Coalition Relic, Goblin Lyre, Torture Chamber, Crashing Drawbridge

-Arcanity- on $5 Infinite Paladin

4 years ago

I've built a very similar deck before, when RIX just came out. Super fun budget archetype and could actually win some games at FNM. I cut Resplendent Mentor after some testing cus 5 mana was always really clunky and there are a bunch of devoted Lantern players at my lgs so infinite life doesn't always win. There is one card I had that would also make this deck a lot more consistent: Viridian Longbow. It's basically wand 5-8.

5dollarMTG on $5 Infinite Paladin

4 years ago

I don't know who first came up with the Resplendent Mentor combo, but I learned about it from L_U_R_E_R_U_R. Shout out.

L_U_R_E_R_U_R on Elvish Infinity

4 years ago

Thanks. That is the only one of the two card combos that I found without the help of the internet. When I first built the deck, I was only thinking of two card combos like that, but there are so many 3 card combos I didn't see at first. For example, Famished Paladin was put in the deck to combo with Resplendent Mentor, but if you enchant it with Presence of Gond and you have a Soul Warden on the field, you can get infinite life and 1/1 Elf Warriors at the same time!

5dollarMTG on Elvish Infinity

4 years ago

Gotcha. I like the combo of Resplendent Mentor and Famished Paladin. I don't remember seeing that one before.