Bring Low
Instant
Bring Low deals 3 damage to target creature. If that creature has a +1/+1 counter on it, Bring Low deals 5 damage to it instead.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #28294
Bring Low deals damage to a creature equal to the number of creatures that attacked this turn — a conditional removal spell that can hit for lethal in combat-heavy games but whiffs on anything that didn't attack or on a board with one attacker. It's situational enough that most Commander decks are better served by unconditional removal.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Bring Low is too matchup-dependent to earn a slot — it does nothing against combo decks, tokens that attack in waves can make it pop, but you'd rather have Swords to Plowshares or Reality Shift every time. In Pauper it's legal but competing with efficient common removal that doesn't require combat math. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage all have far better options at the same or lower mana cost, so Bring Low sees no meaningful play there. Oathbreaker inherits the same Commander logic: fine in a battlecruiser pod, invisible everywhere else.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Bring Low is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box before you'd bother ordering it. That price is a ceiling, not a floor; there's no demand driver that changes it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.