Boarded Window
Artifact
Creatures attacking you get -1/-0.
At the beginning of each end step, if you were dealt 4 or more damage this turn, exile this artifact.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #22126
Boarded Window taxes each opponent's attacks by making all their creatures lose menace and attack at a cost of 1 life per creature — a soft pillow-fort effect that discourages wide swings without stopping them. It's a niche defensive enchantment that earns its slot only in dedicated group-hug or damage-prevention builds; everywhere else, a removal spell does more.
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, Boarded Window occupies the low end of pillow-fort pieces — it slows aggressive opponents down but rarely stops a committed attacker, and four players means three people are taxed, which gives it more aggregate value than it would in a duel. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it is essentially unplayable; those formats move too fast and too efficiently for a three-mana enchantment that doesn't directly affect board state or life totals in a meaningful way. Oathbreaker shares Commander's multiplayer texture, so the card functions similarly there, but the faster game speed still limits it to the most defensive shells.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Boarded Window is pure bulk — no financial consideration required when picking it up. It won't appreciate meaningfully without a breakout Commander printing or a spike in pillow-fort popularity, so treat it as a throw-in, not a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.