Azorius Ploy
Instant
Prevent all combat damage target creature would deal this turn.
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dissension
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #26511
Azorius Ploy makes all your creatures unblockable for a turn — at instant speed, for five mana, in a two-color combination that has better options at every point on the curve. It's a one-shot effect that asks too much and does too little.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Azorius Ploy is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but seeing play in essentially none of them. In Commander, the five-mana ask for a single-turn evasion effect is almost never worth a card slot — alpha strikes require either cheaper enablers or repeatable effects, and Azorius has both. Legacy and Vintage have zero interest in this effect at this cost. Modern and Pioneer have moved past sorcery-speed mass-evasion tricks entirely, and Azorius Ploy doesn't even qualify for Pioneer.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Azorius Ploy is deep bulk — the price reflects honest market demand, which is nearly zero. Don't expect that to change; bulk rares with narrow, expensive effects don't recover without a dramatic rules environment shift.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.