Absolute Grace
Enchantment
All creatures have protection from black.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Price
- $0.48
- EDHREC rank
- #18901
Absolute Grace gives every creature you control protection from black for three mana — a blanket, permanent effect that shuts down entire removal suites at the enchantment's resolution. It's a niche include, but in decks like Darien, King of Kjeldor that need the board to survive long enough to generate value, that protection is the difference between a full army and an empty battlefield.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Absolute Grace is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's where its story ends — it's not Modern or Pioneer legal, and Pauper is out. In Commander, which is the only format where it sees meaningful play, it functions as a one-sided protection blanket in white creature strategies that expect heavy black removal from opponents. Legacy and Vintage have access to it, but those formats move too fast and run too many non-black answers for a three-mana enchantment to pull its weight. Oathbreaker is the one other shell where it could matter, specifically in white go-wide signatures that want to neutralize black sweepers.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Darien, King of KjeldorPestilenceAbsolute GracePhyrexian Altar
Each opponent loses the game; Near-infinite damage; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
$0.48 bulk tier
At $0.48, Absolute Grace is bulk — you're picking this up as a throw-in, not hunting it down. That price reflects real demand: it's a narrow card, and the supply from its original printing hasn't dried up enough to push the number anywhere meaningful.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.