Abuna's Chant
Instant
Choose one —
• You gain 5 life.
• Prevent the next 5 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.
Entwine 
(Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Fifth Dawn
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #22748
Abuna's Chant gains you 5 life or deals 5 damage to a creature — your choice — for four mana at instant speed, and that split rarely justifies the slot. Both modes are underpowered for Commander, where four mana buys you actual removal or meaningful life swing, not a conditional 5.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Abuna's Chant is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, five life is noise and five damage misses most relevant threats, so the card earns no slot in competitive or optimized lists. Pauper is the one format where cheap, flexible instant-speed effects get a longer look, but even there the damage ceiling and life gain both fall short of what the format's actual staples offer. Across every format where Abuna's Chant is legal, better options exist at the same or lower mana cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Abuna's Chant is deep bulk — easy to acquire, but the price reflects demand accurately. There's no trajectory that makes this worth holding; it's a throw-in card at best.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.