Candlelight Vigil
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+2 and has vigilance.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #18585
Candlelight Vigil puts +1/+1 counters on a creature and grants it vigilance, but at five mana for a single-target Aura, the rate is simply too slow for competitive play. It's a bulk common for a reason.
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 |
Candlelight Vigil is legal in Commander, Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, five mana for a creature buff that doesn't protect the creature from removal is a tempo disaster — your opponent destroys the target and you're down two cards and your whole turn. In Pauper, where the bar for auras is already high and efficient threats are everywhere, Candlelight Vigil can't clear it. Across every format where it's legal, faster and sturdier options exist at the same mana cost or cheaper.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Candlelight Vigil is deep bulk — it costs less than a sleeve. That price accurately reflects its power level, and there's no realistic demand spike on the horizon for a vanilla five-mana Aura.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.