Priest of Gix
Mana cost {2}{B}. Power/toughness 2/1.
When this creature enters, add {B}{B}{B}.
Priest of Gix is a black card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Urza's Saga printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€3.2) · TCGplayer ($2.5) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €1.96 and €3.39 in that time.
How often Priest of Gix is played
Priest of Gix is maindecked in 4 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (3%), averaging 4.0 copies; used by 1 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 75 decks that can cast black cards, 4 of them play it (5%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Priest of Gix
- Clerics: It adds {B}{B}{B} as it enters, which pays back its own cost and leaves a 2/1 Cleric for Dark Supplicant or Cabal Archon. The mana comes from a trigger, so you get it even if the Priest dies at once, for example under Engineered Plague naming Cleric.
Tournament decks with Priest of Gix
- Clerics: 7th Place at Czech Premodern Nationals 2026 (4× mainboard)
- Mono Black Clerics: 3rd Place at IX Torneo Mensual (4× mainboard)
- Clerics: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (4× mainboard)
- Black Clerics: 2nd Place at Lega Milano 3/9 (4× mainboard)
Spicy brews with Priest of Gix
- Bloody Clerics (4×)
