Collective Resistance
Instant
Escalate 
(Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or more —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Target creature gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Price
- $0.94
- EDHREC rank
- #819
Collective Resistance deals damage to any target, destroys a noncreature permanent, and counters a spell — all on one card for five mana across three modes. Riku of Many Paths copies it for free, which turns this modal spell into a six-mode blowout; anywhere else, five mana for a choose-two pile of effects is serviceable but unspectacular.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Riku of Many Paths
Riku of Many Paths copies the first instant or sorcery you cast each turn at no additional cost, so Collective Resistance routinely resolves as six effects — two damage pings, two permanent removals, two counterspells, or any combination — for a single card and five mana.
Ygra, Eater of All
Ygra, Eater of All turns every creature into Food, so the direct damage mode on Collective Resistance doubles as a life-gain engine — pinging a creature to death generates a Food trigger and keeps Ygra's life total moving in the right direction.
Legolas, Master Archer
Legolas, Master Archer deals damage equal to a creature's power using arrows, and Collective Resistance sets up those kills by softening targets with its damage mode or clearing blockers with the destroy-noncreature mode.
Anzrag, the Quake-Mole
Anzrag, the Quake-Mole wants opponents' creatures blocked and out of the way, and Collective Resistance handles the noncreature permanents — enchantments, artifacts, planeswalkers — that clog up combat math without eating a dedicated removal slot.
Shroofus Sproutsire
Shroofus Sproutsire runs a wide token gameplan that benefits from clearing the path, and Collective Resistance pitches in by removing a problematic noncreature permanent or countering a board wipe on the way to a lethal swing.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Collective Resistance earns its keep — the choose-two flexibility matters most in a singleton format where you can't predict whether you'll need interaction against a spell, a permanent, or a creature on any given turn. Outside of Riku of Many Paths shells, the five-mana cost is the ceiling on its ceiling; it's never the most efficient answer, but it's rarely a dead card. In Legacy and Vintage the format is too fast and the competition too stiff — dedicated counterspells, removal, and Vindicate effects all outclass it at cheaper rates. Modern is theoretically legal but in practice Collective Resistance never sees a slot there for the same reason. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's logic: modal flexibility in a lower-power singleton environment keeps it playable, especially in Temur spellslinger signatures.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.94 bulk tier
At $0.94, Collective Resistance sits at the top of bulk pricing — cheap enough to jam freely, but not so underpriced that it signals sleeper demand. At that rate it holds its value simply by being playable; there's no reprint risk worth worrying about at under a dollar.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.