Blessed Alliance
Instant
Escalate 
(Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or more —
• Target player gains 4 life.
• Untap up to two target creatures.
• Target opponent sacrifices an attacking creature of their choice.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #16730
Blessed Alliance is a flexible instant that can force an opponent to sacrifice an attacking creature, gain you life, or untap your blockers — and escalate lets you stack all three for four mana. The floor is narrow removal that dodges hexproof and indestructible; the ceiling is a full combat reversal that swings games.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Blessed Alliance earns its slot primarily as an answer to Voltron strategies — the forced-sacrifice mode hits the suited-up hexproof commander that conventional removal can't touch, and the escalate options let you squeeze extra value when you have the mana. In Modern and Legacy it has seen sideboard play for the same reason, punishing equipment and aura builds that go wide on keywords. Pioneer offers a comparable shell where its role is roughly the same: cheap, instant-speed interaction against recursive or protected threats. Across formats, the card rewards patience — held up at end of turn, it often does more than two of its modes suggest.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data isn't currently available for Blessed Alliance, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest. Given its history as a Modern sideboard staple and its Commander utility against Voltron, it typically sits in the affordable bulk-rare range — worth picking up cheaply if you're building white.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.