Exemplar of Light

As of Aug 7, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Exemplar of Light is $0.29 (FDN #733), and the most expensive is $45.69 (FDN #366, Borderless, Mana Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $1.74, down 2.8% over 7 days, down 0.6% over 30 days, up 1.2% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $4.92 (2024).

Exemplar of Light has 7 tracked printings across 2 sets, in nonfoil, foil and mana foil finishes, including promo pack, prerelease, borderless and extended art treatments.

FDN #733

$0.29

CK —

MP $0.35

FDN #11

$1.74 +500%

CK $3.99 / $1.50 14%

MP $1.02 230 avail

FDN #11 Foil

$2.30 +693%

CK $3.99 / $1.60 30%

MP $2.28 68 avail

FDN #445 Extended Art

$4.29 +1379%

CK $4.49 / $2.50 42%

MP $2.75 33 avail

FDN #445 Extended Art Foil

$4.30 +1383%

CK $4.99 / $2.25 48%

MP $4.39 13 avail

FDN #297 Borderless

$5.13 +1669%

CK $6.99 / $3.50 32%

MP $3.07 52 avail

PFDN #11s Prerelease Foil

$5.52 +1803%

CK $5.49 / $1.10 80%

MP $7.07 1 avail

PFDN #11p Promo Pack

$11.56 +3886%

CK $6.49 / $1.40 88%

MP $7.28 7 avail

FDN #297 Borderless Foil

$11.73 +3945%

CK $15.99 / $8.00 32%

MP $10.68 26 avail

PFDN #11p Promo Pack Foil

$18.55 +6297%

CK $9.99 / $5.00 73%

MP $20.14 4 avail

FDN #366 Borderless Mana Foil

$45.69 +15655%

CK $74.99 / $37.50 18%

MP $48.60 7 avail

FDN #733 Foil

CK —

Card Kingdom currently pays $37.50 cash for FDN #366 (Mana Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 50% (wide).

• Nov 8, 2024 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.
• Nov 8, 2024 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.
• Nov 8, 2024 Exemplar 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.
• Nov 8, 2024 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.
• Nov 8, 2024 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.

Exemplar of Light has been reprinted 10 times. The Foundations reprint cut the price 52% in 30 days.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment	Price before	Day 1	30 days	90 days
FDN #445	2024-11-15	Rare	Extended Art	$2.67	$1.38	$1.87	$2.50
FDN #297	2024-11-15	Rare	Borderless	$3.40	$3.73	$4.47	$4.54
FDN #733	2024-11-15	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	—
FDN #366	2024-11-15	Rare	Borderless	$46.28	$38.43	$22.21	$25.68
FDN #297	2024-11-15	Rare	Borderless	$7.84	$8.09	$10.82	$9.35
PFDN #11s	2024-11-15	Rare	Prerelease	$2.86	$2.57	$1.86	$2.53
FDN #11	2024-11-15	Rare	Standard	$1.31	$1.03	$1.65	$2.85
FDN #11	2024-11-15	Rare	Standard	$1.54	$1.09	$3.10	$2.58
FDN #445	2024-11-15	Rare	Extended Art	$3.37	$3.09	$2.57	$2.96
FDN #733	2024-11-15	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	—

Exemplar of Light is the #1,291 most-played card on EDHREC, up 34 places over the last 30 days.