Bond of Discipline
Sorcery
Tap all creatures your opponents control. Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- War of the Spark
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #6138
Bond of Discipline taps all creatures your opponents control and gives your whole team lifelink until end of turn — for five mana at sorcery speed. It's a legitimate alpha-strike enabler or damage-mitigation tool, and Hylda of the Icy Crown decks treat it as a combo piece rather than a one-off board answer.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Hylda of the Icy Crown
Bond of Discipline taps every opposing creature at once, and Hylda of the Icy Crown triggers off each of those taps — turning a five-mana sorcery into a mass token generator or permanent-theft engine in a single cast.
Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn cares about life gained each turn, and Bond of Discipline swings your entire team into an unblocked board with lifelink, generating a burst of life that Lathiel converts into +1/+1 counters distributed across your creatures.
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 |
Bond of Discipline sees essentially no play in competitive formats — five mana for a sorcery-speed tap effect is too slow and too narrow for Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where games end before this matters. Commander is its real home, where the combination of mass tap and lifelink can decide an attack step or trigger a commander ability dozens of times in one cast. Outside of Hylda of the Icy Crown decks, where Bond of Discipline functions as a high-synergy engine card, it's a fringe inclusion — most white Commander decks want removal or board wipes at this slot, not a combat trick.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Bond of Discipline is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a dollar box. Bulk sorceries with narrow applications don't appreciate, so don't expect that to change unless a new commander creates a second high-demand home.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.