Chant of the Skifsang
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -13/-0.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dark Ascension
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #26145
Chant of the Skifsang locks a creature to a maximum of 1 power permanently, and it does it at instant speed for three mana — a reasonable ask when the payoff is a hard-to-remove Aura that neuters commanders and combat threats alike. It won't win any efficiency awards, but as a blue answer to a problem creature it's clean, permanent, and cheap to acquire.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Chant of the Skifsang is a Pauper-viable answer where blue tempo and enchantment synergies are real considerations, and at common it slots into any pile that needs a budget creature lock. In Commander it's a niche pick — most blue decks prefer bounce or hard counterspells, but enchantress builds and Zur the Enchanter lists that want a permanent power-reduction effect will actually run this with purpose. Legacy and Vintage are too fast for a three-mana Aura with no immediate tempo return, so its legality there is academic. The card's real home is any 100-card format where you're either building around Auras or specifically need to cap a commander's combat power without killing it.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Chant of the Skifsang is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a common box, not budgeting for it. There's no price floor to worry about losing; buy a playset for less than the cost of a sleeve.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.