Unwavering Initiate
AKHAmonkhet/#36/2017Common
Colour IDMV 3
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$0.35
Cardmarket€0.02
ManaPool$0.15
TCGplayer$0.09
MTGO (Cardhoarder)
retail$0.05 tix
Paper retail history (USD)
3 providers
Latest $0.35High $0.35Low $0.35▲ 0.0%
Market and collecting
Market overview
$0.09TCGplayer, USD, retail, nonfoil
Latest observation: 2026-11-10
7d▲ 50.0%30d▲ 50.0%90d▲ 28.6%
90d high
$0.09
90d low
$0.06
Paper printings priced
2
Currently 1st
Cheapest paper printing
$0.09
Amonkhet
- Up 50.0% over the last 30 days on TCGplayer.
- Trading at or near its 90 day high of $0.09.
- This is the cheapest paper printing of the card currently priced (2 priced in total).
- Foil copies of this printing carry a 11% premium over nonfoil.
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Gameplay and rules
Creature — Human Warrior
Vigilance
Embalm (, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Human Warrior with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)
3 / 2
Keywords
VigilanceEmbalm
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Digital formats
Rulings (5)
wotc14 Jul 2017
Once you've activated an embalm ability, the card is immediately exiled. Opponents can't try to stop the ability by exiling the card with an effect such as that of Crook of Condemnation.
wotc14 Jul 2017
If a spell or ability puts a creature card with embalm into your graveyard during your main phase, you'll have priority immediately after that spell or ability resolves. You can activate the creature card's embalm ability before any player can exile it with an effect, such as that of Crook of Condemnation, if it's legal for you to do so.
wotc18 Apr 2017
For each card with embalm, a corresponding game play supplement token can be found in some Amonkhet booster packs. These supplements are not required to play with cards with embalm; you can use the same items to represent an embalmed token as you would any other token.
wotc18 Apr 2017
The token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into your graveyard.
wotc18 Apr 2017
The token is a Zombie in addition to its other types and is white instead of its other colors. It has no mana cost, and thus its mana value is 0. These are copiable values of the token that other effects may copy.
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About this card
Unwavering Initiate
Unwavering Initiate is a Creature — Human Warrior, with mana cost {2}{W} (mana value 3). Printed 2 times across MTG sets.
Format legality: Commander: legal, Modern: legal, Standard: not_legal, Pioneer: legal, Legacy: legal, Pauper: legal.
Current headline price on TCGplayer: $0.09 (up 50.0% over 30 days).
Frequently asked
Unwavering Initiate FAQ
How much is Unwavering Initiate worth?
The current TCGplayer USD retail price for Unwavering Initiate is $0.09. It is up 50.0% over the last 30 days. Over 90 days it has ranged from $0.06 to $0.09.
What is the cheapest printing of Unwavering Initiate?
The cheapest currently priced paper printing is from Amonkhet at $0.09 on TCGplayer.
What is the most expensive printing of Unwavering Initiate?
The most expensive currently priced paper printing is from The List at $0.30 on TCGplayer.
How many printings of Unwavering Initiate are there?
Unwavering Initiate has been printed 2 times in English paper sets that MTGPrices tracks.
What set was Unwavering Initiate first printed in?
The earliest English paper printing that MTGPrices tracks is from AKH #36, released 2017-04-28.
What is the newest printing of Unwavering Initiate?
The most recent English paper printing that MTGPrices tracks is from PLST #AKH-36, released 2019-11-07.
Is there a foil version of Unwavering Initiate?
Yes. On this printing, foil copies trade at $0.10 versus $0.09 for nonfoil, which is 11% more expensive on TCGplayer.
Is Unwavering Initiate legal in Commander?
Yes, Unwavering Initiate is currently legal in Commander per Scryfall's legality feed.