Courage in Crisis
Sorcery
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #7803
Courage in Crisis puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature and proliferates for three mana — straightforward, immediate, and exactly what deathtouch-matters builds want. In Fynn, the Fangbearer decks, that's a guaranteed poison counter trigger plus a board-wide loyalty or counter bump stapled to the same spell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Fynn, the Fangbearer
Fynn, the Fangbearer needs creatures to connect with deathtouch, and Courage in Crisis grows them while simultaneously advancing poison counters through proliferate — two steps toward a ten-poison kill on one card.
Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres
Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres converts proliferate triggers into card draw, so Courage in Crisis doesn't just grow a creature — it replaces itself in hand the moment Ezuri sees the proliferate resolve.
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 |
Courage in Crisis is a Commander card through and through — proliferate decks, infect strategies, and planeswalker-heavy builds all have reasons to run it, and the singleton format forgives its low ceiling by letting it slot into a specific role rather than compete for redundancy. In Pauper, it's legal but too slow and low-impact to make cuts in any established archetype. In Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, Courage in Crisis is strictly outclassed by cheaper or more powerful proliferate options and won't see competitive play. Stick to Commander, where the three-mana ask is acceptable and the targets — evolve counters, planeswalker loyalty, poison — make the effect genuinely worth a card slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Courage in Crisis is bulk by any measure — the kind of card you pull from a box rather than order. That price is stable; there's no competitive demand to push it up, and it's been printed enough that supply keeps it buried.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.