Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root 
Legendary Creature — Vampire Warlock // Legendary Creature — Human Druid1/1
Oracle text (EN)
Valentin, Dean of the Vein
Legendary Creature — Vampire Warlock
Menace, lifelink
If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead. When you do, you may pay . If you do, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Oracle text (EN)
Lisette, Dean of the Root
Legendary Creature — Human Druid
Whenever you gain life, you may pay 
. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and those creatures gain trample until end of turn.
Printing details
- Set
- PLST · STX-161
- Rarity
- Rare
- Language
- EN
- Artist
- Jesper Ejsing
- Released
- 2023-05-08
- Prices
- €0.75 · $1.42
Price history
The trend shows with at least 7 days of history.
- Cardmarket, trend
- CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN)
The history starts on October 28, 2026 and grows every day.
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| Date | Cardmarket, trend | CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN) |
|---|---|---|
| November 2, 2026 | €0.67 | €1.03 |
| November 1, 2026 | €0.71 | €1.04 |
| October 30, 2026 | €0.75 | €1.04 |
| October 28, 2026 | €0.72 | €1.04 |
Prices
| Source | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardmarket | low €0.40 trend €0.67 30-day avg €0.68 | low – trend €0.00 30-day avg – |
| CardTrader (EN) | NM from €1.03 with Zero from €1.03 | NM from – |
| CardTrader (any language) | NM from €1.03 | NM from – |
Cardmarket updated Nov 2, 2026 · CardTrader updated Nov 2, 2026
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Legality
- standard Not legal
- pioneer Legal
- modern Legal
- legacy Legal
- vintage Legal
- commander Legal
- pauper Not legal
- alchemy Not legal
- brawl Legal
- competitivebrawl Legal
- duel Legal
- future Not legal
- gladiator Legal
- historic Legal
- oathbreaker Legal
- oldschool Not legal
- paupercommander Not legal
- penny Legal
- predh Not legal
- premodern Not legal
- standardbrawl Not legal
- timeless Legal
- tlr Not legal
Rulings
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If you gain life at the same time a creature you control is dealt lethal damage, that creature dies before Lisette’s ability can put a +1/+1 counter on it.
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If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, and both Valentin and another effect are trying to exile it instead, that opponent chooses which effect to apply. If Valentin’s effect ends up not applying because of this choice, the triggered ability that allows you to pay
won’t trigger, even if the creature card ends up in exile. -
If you gain an amount of life “for each” of something, that life is gained as one event and the ability will trigger only once.
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You may only pay
once for each life gain event. -
An ability that triggers “whenever you gain life” triggers just once for each life-gaining event, no matter how much life you gain.
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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, a “whenever you gain life” ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, and/or planeswalkers at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.