Exemplar of Light Price
8 printings · 3 sets · first printed 2024
Exemplar of Light has been printed 8 times across 3 sets, first in 2024 and most recently in 2026. Right now the cheapest printing is Foundations #733 at $0.91, while the most expensive is Foundations #366 at $53.46 — about 59× more. The median across 8 priced printings is $4.46. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 8x, including dedicated reprint sets like Foundations Commander.
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Every Exemplar of Light Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundations #733 (R) Cheapest | 2026 | $0.91 | — |
| Foundations Commander #28 (R) | 2026 | $1.79 | $1.50 |
| Foundations #11 (R) | 2024 | $2.00 | $1.50 |
| Foundations #445 (R) | 2024 | $2.98 | $3.50 |
| Foundations Promos #11s (R) Foil | 2024 | $5.94 | $5.70 foil |
| Foundations #297 (R) | 2024 | $7.26 | $6.40 |
| Foundations Promos #11p (R) | 2026 | $21.07 | $3.00 |
| Foundations #366 (R) Foil | 2024 | $53.46 | $28.00 foil |
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Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Whenever you put one or more +1/+1 counters on this creature, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 8 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
6 PrecedentsExemplar of Light's second ability triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it's 1 life from Dazzling Angel or 4 life from Apothecary Stomper.
If Exemplar of Light is dealt lethal damage at the same time that you gain life, it won't receive a counter from its second ability in time to save it.
Exemplar of Light's last ability triggers whenever you put one or more +1/+1 counters on it for any reason, not just as a result of its second ability.
In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause Exemplar of Light's second ability to trigger, even though it caused your team's life total to increase.
If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something or "equal to the number" of something, that life is gained as one event and Exemplar of Light's second ability triggers only once.
Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, Exemplar of Light's second ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, planeswalkers, and/or battles at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.