Blaze of Glory
Instant
Cast this spell only during combat before blockers are declared.
Target creature defending player controls can block any number of creatures this turn. It blocks each attacking creature this turn if able.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Collectors' Edition
- Price
- $10.66
- EDHREC rank
- #23803
Blaze of Glory lets one of your creatures block any number of attackers and grants it first strike while doing so — a combat trick that can wipe an entire alpha strike off the board for a single white mana. The catch is narrow: it's reactive, sorcery-timing-or-better is irrelevant here, but it only shines when opponents are swinging wide.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Blaze of Glory is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and sees essentially zero competitive play in Legacy or Vintage where combat tricks are outclassed by faster interaction. In Commander it has a genuine niche: politics-heavy or pillow-fort strategies that want to punish a single overcommitted attacker, and anything running a deathtouch blocker that can trade up into an entire army. Oathbreaker's smaller game size makes the effect even more situational, since alpha strikes are rarer and the card sits dead more often.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Blaze of Glory's closest functional relatives are Fog effects and cards like Entangler, which force all attackers to be blocked by one creature, though none replicate the first-strike rider at the same mana cost. If the goal is simply surviving a massive attack, Fog at one mana does the job for pennies — you lose the punish angle but keep the life total.
Price Context
Current price
$10.66 mid tier
At $10.66, Blaze of Glory sits in mid-tier pricing driven entirely by its age and scarcity as an Alpha/Beta card rather than demand from competitive play. It does not hold value the way a staple does — buylist prices reflect collector interest, not gameplay demand, so treat it as a curio purchase rather than a functional investment.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.