Army of Allah
Instant
Attacking creatures get +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Arabian Nights
- Price
- $24.93
- EDHREC rank
- #27559
Army of Allah pumps all your attacking creatures +2/+0 until end of turn for two mana at instant speed — that's a combat trick that scales with your board rather than targeting a single attacker. If you're running a white go-wide strategy, this is a finisher disguised as a spell.
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 |
Army of Allah is a card whose home formats are narrow. In Commander, it reads best in white weenie or token strategies where you can put five or more attackers into combat and close a game that would otherwise stall — it's a burst-damage spike, not a repeatable engine, so it earns its slot only if your deck regularly floods the board. Legacy and Vintage have faster, more resilient ways to win, and the card sees essentially no competitive play in either. Pauper is the format where Army of Allah is most likely to matter, since the common-level go-wide tools are strong and a global +2/+0 at instant speed can steal races. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's calculus: good in token shells, irrelevant everywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Inspired Charge does nearly identical work for one mana less and is a bulk common — the only trade-off is that it adds +1/+1 rather than +2/+0, so you need slightly more creatures to match Army of Allah's raw damage ceiling. If you want the full +2/+0 effect, Rally the Peasants offers it twice for a similar total investment and is also a fraction of the price.
Price Context
Current price
$24.93 premium tier
At $24.93, Army of Allah sits firmly in premium territory, driven almost entirely by collector demand for an early-print card rather than competitive play value. The effect itself is a bulk-rare effect in 2025, so the price reflects scarcity and nostalgia — not power.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.