Aven of Enduring Hope
Creature — Bird Cleric
Flying
When this creature enters, you gain 3 life.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Hour of Devastation
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #25855
Aven of Enduring Hope is a five-mana 3/3 flyer that gains you 3 life on entry — acceptable stats, unremarkable effect. At that cost, Commander demands more than a lifelink-adjacent body with no recurring value.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Aven of Enduring Hope is legal across Commander, Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Pauper it's a common, which is its most relevant format home — a five-mana 3/3 flyer with a life bump is at least in the right power band for that slower format. In Commander, lifegain decks running Oloro, Ageless Ascetic or Lathiel, the Bounding Dawn have strictly better options at every point on the curve. Modern, Legacy, and Vintage don't want this at any price.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Aven of Enduring Hope is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not card power. There's no meaningful floor to hold here; it's a draft throwaway that belongs in a bulk box, not a trade binder.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.