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Elder Cathar

First printed in Innistrad (2011)

All 3 prints

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Elder Cathar

Creature — Human Soldier

When this creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. If that creature is a Human, put two +1/+1 counters on it instead.

"My greatest hope is that you will surpass me in every way, consigning my name to some forgotten corner of history."

2/2

Illustrated by
Chris Rahn

Elder Cathar legality

Prices

Paper price: €0.06 / $0.12 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket, and TCGplayer, otherwise Mana Pool or Card Kingdom, through MTGJSON, 10 Nov 2026).

MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 10 Nov 2026).

Limited On MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Elder Cathar in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR), Premier Draft 53.3% -1.0 -2.9 7791
Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR), Sealed 57.3% +0.5 -1.9 1069
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen