Soul Warden

Creature — Human Cleric

Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.

Combos

• Darien, King of Kjeldor + Soul Warden

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (40)

legendofa on Why Do Soul Warden-Type Effects …

5 hours ago

I think it's mostly because the other cards have other synergistic effects on top of life gain.

If you break Soul Warden into

• "Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 1 life.

• Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under another player's control, you gain 1 life."

and replace the second sentence with a different ability, changing the mana cost as needed, you get Prosperous Innkeeper, or Guide of Souls, or Distinguished Conjurer, or Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim, or whatever.

I would say it's mostly to diversify the ability while keeping it in the 1-2 mana range and reducing reliance on opponents to help.

DemonDragonJ on Why Do Soul Warden-Type Effects …

5 hours ago

Soul Warden is an iconic card, to the point that other creatures with its ability are compared to it or regarded as variations of it, but I have noticed that recent variations of Soul Warden typically trigger only when creatures enter the battlefield under their controller's control, not when creatures enter the battlefield under the control of their controller's opponents, with that ability being somewhat rarer, recently, so I wonder why that is, as I feel that it is a perfectly valid strategy to benefit from one's opponents' actions.

What does everyone else say about this? Why is it that recent variations of Soul Warden trigger only from their own controller's creatures, and rarely from their opponent's creatures?

TheRoaringRegisaur on Ajani's Pride

1 day ago

Also, since it's a modern deck, I'd add some Soul Sisters (Soul Warden, Soul's Attendant). I also like Lunarch Veteran  ^Flip, but he's not as good. With all these Clerics/Angles, consider Righteous Valkyrie. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun is another worthy consideration. ... Instead of Revoke Existence, I really like Banishing Slash, even if you don't get the token from it. From the same set, Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire is a great land with good utility. Also, if you wanna drop Scoured Barrens/Blossoming Sands entirely, I'd look at Kabira Crossroads. And although it's not actually out yet, you'll want Essence Channeler from Bloomburrow.

austintayshus on Friendship is Magic

2 months ago

love lifegain!!

In my opinion, 31 lands might be a bit low, but if you've found that it works for the deck, stick with it.

Accomplished Alchemist could be strong in your deck

Well of Lost Dreams could draw you a lot of cards

Daxos, Blessed by the Sun for another Soul Warden effect.

austintayshus on Rhys Stompy or Aggro?

3 months ago

Looks fun! You're probably better off going with a more stomp-y strategy, as aggro has a tougher time in commander than 1v1 formats.

Maja, Bretagard Protector can be a reliable token maker and anthem.

Battle for Bretagard can also help you make a bunch of tokens.

Soul's Attendant if you want an extra Soul Warden

Basri Ket is also worth considering!

austintayshus on Card creation challenge

3 months ago

Devoted Cleric {1}{W}

Creature - Human Cleric

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, you gain one life.

{2}{B}{B},{T} Pay 3 life, Sacrifice a creature: Transform Devoted Cleric.

1/1

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Infernal Warden

Creature - Demon

(Infernal Warden is black)

Flying, Lifelink

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life.

5/5

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Inspired by Soul Warden and Suture Priest and Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

wildcard

austintayshus on Healing Therapy with Mr. Oloro

3 months ago

love the life gain deck! You've already got lots of great cards in this deck.

I might suggest Suture Priest if you find you want another Soul Warden type effect.

And of course Heliod, Sun-Crowned is great especially when you have so many different lifegain triggers to play off.

seizan8 on Who needs life anyway

4 months ago

Plague of Vermin isch basically es must. easy gued mit Suture Priest, Soul Warden and alike. Und wird sehr wahrschinli au oft s game beende. Au wenns wohl ned immr din sieg wird sii lol. Mitm life gain focus hesch sichr di beste chance.