Anointed Procession
Enchantment
If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $63.83
- EDHREC rank
- #351
Anointed Procession doubles every token you make — creatures, clues, treasures, all of it — and at four mana in white that's an engine, not a bonus. Commanders like Marneus Calgar and Mondrak, Glory Dominus stack additional doubling on top, turning one trigger into a board state that ends games.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Mondrak, Glory Dominus
Mondrak, Glory Dominus is itself a token doubler, so running Anointed Procession alongside it means each token-producing spell or ability quadruples output — the two permanents compound rather than just add.
Rhys the Redeemed
Rhys the Redeemed's second activated ability copies every token you control, and Anointed Procession doubles the copies that ability creates, turning a modest board into a lethal one for six mana.
Darien, King of Kjeldor
Darien, King of Kjeldor converts damage dealt to you into Soldiers, and Anointed Procession doubles those Soldiers on the way in — the more opponents swing into you, the faster the board grows.
Rin and Seri, Inseparable
Rin and Seri, Inseparable produces a Cat and a Dog every time you cast a Cat or Dog spell, and Anointed Procession doubles both tokens, compressing the clock on the lethal damage trigger significantly.
Thalisse, Reverent Medium
Thalisse, Reverent Medium creates Spirit tokens at end of turn based on how many tokens entered under your control that turn, so Anointed Procession effectively doubles Thalisse's end-of-turn yield on top of doubling what generated the count.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is unambiguously where Anointed Procession lives — long games, multiplayer boards, and a century of token-generating commanders make the doubling effect consistently backbreaking. In competitive EDH it sits below the raw power ceiling, but in mid-power token strategies it's often the card opponents must answer first. Anointed Procession is legal in Modern and Pioneer but sees essentially no play there; four mana for a do-nothing enchantment that requires additional token producers is too slow against focused, low-to-the-ground fields. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but have no reason to run it when faster, more resilient engines exist. Oathbreaker is a natural home for the same reasons Commander is.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Marneus CalgarAshnod's AltarAnointed Procession
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite colorless mana; Near-infinite creature tokens; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
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Ghave, Guru of SporesAnointed ProcessionAshnod's Altar
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Tivit, Seller of SecretsTime SieveAnointed Procession
Infinite turns; Near-infinite turns; Lock
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Eldrazi DisplacerEyeless WatcherAnointed Procession
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite blinking of most creatures; Infinite blinking
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Eldrazi DisplacerDrowner of HopeAnointed Procession
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite blinking of most creatures; Infinite blinking
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Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Parallel Lives does almost exactly what Anointed Procession does at the same mana cost and is a direct swap — it costs around $15, roughly a quarter of the price, with the only trade-off being that it's green rather than white, which matters for color-identity-restricted builds. If you need something even cheaper, Primal Vigor is under $5 and doubles token creation for all players, which is a meaningful drawback but still functional in decks that go wider faster than the table.
Price Context
Current price
$63.83 premium tier
At $63.83, Anointed Procession sits firmly in the premium tier — you're paying for a unique color identity, since white has no other enchantment that replicates this effect unconditionally. The price has historically been stable rather than volatile, driven by sustained Commander demand rather than spikes, so it's not a card you buy expecting a crash.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.