Crippling Blight
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -1/-1 and can't block.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #18745
Crippling Blight turns off a blocker and shaves a power point for one black mana, but it doesn't kill the creature — it just makes it worse. Permanent auras that leave the target alive rarely earn a slot when removal that actually answers the threat costs the same or less.
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 |
Crippling Blight is legal across every major format but sees meaningful play in almost none of them. In Pauper it occasionally surfaces in aggressive black decks as a way to punch through a blocker on a critical turn, which is its strongest contextual home. In Commander, a one-mana aura that doesn't remove the threat is nearly unplayable — 40-life tables demand answers, not inconveniences, and Crippling Blight does nothing against the combos and haymakers that define the format. In Legacy and Vintage the competition for a black one-drop slot is steep enough that this never makes the cut.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Crippling Blight sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its demand accurately. It's not a card that spikes — pick it up if a specific Pauper aggro list calls for it, otherwise leave it in the bulk bin.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.