Aboshan's Desire
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has flying.
Threshold — Enchanted creature has shroud as long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #15093
Aboshan's Desire turns any creature into an evasion engine for a single blue mana, with the threshold upside of granting shroud on top of flying. The catch is that threshold — seven cards in your graveyard — rarely lands early enough to matter, so most decks run it purely for cheap evasion, and Haldan, Avid Arcanist // Pako, Arcane Retriever is the clearest home since Pako stockpiles exiled instants and sorceries that Haldan can cast, making Pako's unblocked attacks the whole game plan.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Haldan, Avid Arcanist // Pako, Arcane Retriever
Pako needs to connect repeatedly to fuel Haldan's casting, and Aboshan's Desire is a one-mana way to give Pako flying and make those attacks stick — the shroud clause is a bonus if your graveyard fills out, but the evasion alone justifies the slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Aboshan's Desire occupies a narrow role: one-mana aura that grants flying, usable in any blue deck but only actively sought in builds where a single creature must get through repeatedly — think combat-trigger commanders or voltron shells. Pauper is the other format where it sees occasional play, since cheap evasion on creatures that would otherwise be ground-bound can close games faster than its humble price tag suggests. Legacy and Vintage are both legal, but Aboshan's Desire has no realistic home in either — formats that fast don't spend a card on a creature enchantment for flying. Commander is its ceiling.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Aboshan's Desire is deep bulk — you'll find it in commons boxes before you'd bother ordering it. Bulk commons don't appreciate, so buy it for the effect, not the spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Haldan, Avid Arcanist // Pako, Arcane Retriever
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.