Answered Prayers
Enchantment
Whenever a creature you control enters, you gain 1 life. If this enchantment isn't a creature, it becomes a 3/3 Angel creature with flying in addition to its other types until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #15964
Answered Prayers turns every life-gain trigger into a 4/4 Angel token with flying — the payoff is immediate and scales hard with the right shell. The cost is three mana and finding that shell, since Famished Paladin and friends are the only reason to run it.
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 |
Commander is where Answered Prayers actually lives — life-gain synergy commanders can fire it multiple times per turn cycle, and a 4/4 flier per trigger converts a life-gain engine into a board presence fast. In Pauper it's legal but outclassed by lower-to-the-ground life-gain payoffs that don't ask for three mana up front. Legacy and Vintage have the tools to build broken life-gain loops, but those formats have faster, more redundant win conditions that don't need Answered Prayers specifically. It's a Commander card first, a casual-format card second, and essentially irrelevant everywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card



Famished PaladinPresence of GondAnswered Prayers
Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers
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Basking BroodscaleAnswered PrayersCleric Class
Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite colorless mana
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Answered PrayersScurry OakCleric Class
Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite ETB
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Answered PrayersHerd BalothCleric Class
Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
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Answered PrayersHerd BalothLight of Promise
Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
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Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Answered Prayers sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up without hesitation if the deck wants it. Bulk mythics with narrow combo applications rarely climb unless a new commander creates a breakout moment, so don't expect movement, but the floor is already the floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.