Blessed Respite
Instant
Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2
- Price
- $0.42
- EDHREC rank
- #3701
Blessed Respite does two things at instant speed for two mana: it saves your board from a wipe and mills your graveyard simultaneously, which is a rare efficiency overlap. It earns a slot in any deck that needs graveyard setup or wants a fog effect that doesn't feel like a wasted card — Thantis, the Warweaver lists run it at a 13% rate for exactly that reason.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Thantis, the Warweaver
Thantis, the Warweaver forces every creature to attack every turn, which means combat math gets lethal fast and you need fog effects that don't just stall — Blessed Respite answers that while simultaneously filling the graveyard for recursion payoffs the deck often runs alongside Thantis.
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 |
Blessed Respite is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's almost exclusively a Commander card in practice. In Legacy and Vintage, two mana for a fog with a minor graveyard bonus doesn't compete with the raw power available, and Modern has better options for both fog effects and self-mill at that cost. Commander is the format where incidental graveyard setup compounds over a long game and having a surprise fog at instant speed can flip a three-way attack — that's where Blessed Respite earns its keep.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.42 bulk tier
At $0.42, Blessed Respite is deep bulk — easy to pick up in trade binders or as a throw-in. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow applications rarely spike, so don't expect the price to move meaningfully unless a future commander creates a dedicated fog-plus-mill archetype.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.