Blessing
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
: Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Limited Edition Beta
- Price
- $81.38
- EDHREC rank
- #22371
Blessing slaps a permanent +0/+2 and banding onto a white creature for two mana and taps it — both halves of that effect range from narrow to obsolete in 2024 Magic. It is a bulk-rare curiosity that has no business in a tuned deck of any format.
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 |
Blessing is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander, where every slot competes against Swords to Plowshares, Swiftfoot Boots, and dozens of efficient white enchantments, Blessing offers a toughness bump and banding — a mechanic so rarely relevant that most opponents won't know how it resolves. Legacy and Vintage have access to every card ever printed and have no reason to touch it. Modern and Pioneer are faster formats where a two-mana tap-down Aura that grants banding simply cannot compete. Blessing is a historical artifact, not a recommendation.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
If the appeal is a cheap white Aura that pumps a creature, Ethereal Armor and All That Glitters do it on a completely different axis for under a dollar each. Blessing's banding effect has no true functional replacement because banding itself is irreplaceable — but no current build needs it, so the question of a substitute rarely comes up.
Price Context
Current price
$81.38 premium tier
At $81.38, Blessing sits in premium territory entirely on the strength of age and collector demand, not competitive play. The price reflects Reserved List scarcity and nostalgic speculation — there is no gameplay justification for the tag, and it contributes nothing to a Commander deck that a $0.25 card couldn't replicate or surpass.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.