Anointer of Valor
Creature — Angel
Flying
Whenever a creature attacks, you may pay 
. When you do, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #20612
Anointer of Valor lets you double a creature's power and toughness until end of turn — effectively turning any attacker or blocker into a two-for-one threat in a single combat step. The cost is a two-mana spell that does nothing outside of combat, which makes it card-disadvantage unless you're already winning the combat math.
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, Anointer of Valor is fringe at best — pump spells that don't affect the board permanently rarely justify a slot in a 99-card singleton format where you need consistent, durable impact. Pauper is its most realistic home, where cheap combat tricks carry more weight and the common slot is the binding constraint; even there, the effect needs to trade up on a creature or protect a key attacker to be worth a card. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the power ceiling in those formats makes a single-combat doubling effect irrelevant. Anointer of Valor is a limited card that occasionally crosses into Pauper consideration, and that's the ceiling.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Anointer of Valor sits in pure bulk territory — you're paying for cardboard, not the effect. Bulk commons rarely move on price unless a format breakout adoption happens, and nothing about this card's rate suggests that's coming.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.