Commencement of Festivities
Instant
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to players this turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kaladesh
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #14508
Commencement of Festivities prevents all combat damage to you for one turn at one green mana — a clean fog effect with no strings attached. It's a defensive tool, not a win condition, so it earns its slot only in decks that need to survive exactly one more turn to close out the game.
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, Commencement of Festivities is a budget fog for decks that need a single-turn survival window — think Bant or Selesnya combo shells that need one more untap step. In Pauper it's a legitimate sideboard option against aggressive red or white weenie lists where one fog can swing a race. Modern and Pioneer have access to strict upgrades like Fog and Teferi's Protection, so Commencement of Festivities rarely makes the cut in those formats. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a vanilla one-turn fog at any cost.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Commencement of Festivities is deep bulk — you're paying essentially nothing for what it does. That price is stable because demand is low and supply is abundant; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.