Guru Pathik
TLA · uncommon · Released 2025-11-21
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
on rate
minor value alone
needs a shell
scales up
one mode
situational
easily answered
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Rationale
Guru Pathik is a 4-mana 2/4 that tutors a Lesson, Saga, or Shrine on ETB (top-5 dig) and distributes +1/+1 counters to other creatures whenever you cast one of those spell types. It's a niche value engine demanding a critical mass of Lessons, Sagas, or Shrines — a narrow tribal/enchantment sub-theme not supported in most Commander shells. Fringe across all formats due to the highly conditional synergy requirements.
Learnings (3)
Guru Pathik's ETB finds Lessons (Strixhaven sorceries), Sagas (enchantments), OR Shrine enchantments — a uniquely heterogeneous search pool that rarely has dense overlap in a single deck, so building around it typically requires deliberate multi-theme construction.
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The counter trigger targets 'another target creature you control,' meaning Pathik himself never receives the counters — this limits voltron lines but makes it a distributed-pump support piece for go-wide boards.
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Shrines (the Kamigawa shrine cycle) are a very niche card type; in most decks Pathik's payoff will hinge almost entirely on Sagas, making it functionally a saga-matters card with narrow bonus coverage.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #10,379