Alms
Enchantment
, Exile the top card of your graveyard: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #26052
Alms turns each of your untapped white creatures into a shield — one damage prevented per creature each combat, paid for by tapping them after the fact. At a single white mana for an enchantment that scales with your board, the cost is almost nothing; the catch is that tapping your blockers to trigger the effect means you're trading offensive presence for durability.
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, Alms is a niche pillow-fort piece that rewards token-heavy white strategies — the more creatures you can tap post-combat, the more damage you erase across four opponents' attack steps. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but will never run it; the formats move too fast for a defensive enchantment that requires a wide board to function. Pauper is where Alms has the most realistic home outside Commander, slotting into white weenie or token builds that want to stabilize against aggressive matchups.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Alms is deep bulk — no financial consideration needed, just pick one up. The price is unlikely to move meaningfully in either direction given its narrow application and low demand outside casual Commander.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.