Alluring Scent
Sorcery
All creatures able to block target creature this turn do so.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #19624
Alluring Scent forces all creatures your opponents control to attack — if able — giving you either a clear path to swing freely or a wall of blockers to punish overcommitment. The cost is real: three mana at sorcery speed means you telegraph the play and get nothing if the board is empty. General Marhault Elsdragon turns every one of those forced attackers into a rampage trigger, which is exactly why this card earns its slot there and almost nowhere else.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
General Marhault Elsdragon
General Marhault Elsdragon gets +1/+0 for each creature blocking him, so Alluring Scent does double duty — it stocks the battlefield with attackers you can either block to pump him or ignore to take the damage you've already planned around.
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 |
Alluring Scent is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but the only format where it sees meaningful play is Commander. In Pauper it's technically legal but too slow and situational to compete with proactive threats. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a three-mana sorcery that hands your opponent agency over whether they swing into your defenses or lose nothing. In Commander, the multiplayer context is the card's only real argument: forcing three or four players' boards to attack creates chaos that a dedicated pilot — specifically one running General Marhault Elsdragon — can actually exploit.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Alluring Scent sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — it's a narrow sorcery with a single spiritual home in General Marhault Elsdragon decks. Pick it up without hesitation on price; the question is never the cost, it's whether your deck actually wants it.
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Mentioned
- General Marhault Elsdragon
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.