Curse of the Pierced Heart
Enchantment — Aura Curse
Enchant player
At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, this Aura deals 1 damage to that player or a planeswalker that player controls.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #12559
Curse of the Pierced Heart sticks to an opponent at enchantment speed and drains one life per upkeep — slow pressure that compounds across a long game. At two mana, Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor turns every copy into a recyclable resource, making it punch well above its rate.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor
Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor bounces Curse of the Pierced Heart off dying opponents and reattaches it to the next target, turning a single two-mana enchantment into a persistent clock that follows the table.
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 |
In Commander, Curse of the Pierced Heart is a role-player in dedicated curse builds — the one-damage-per-upkeep rate is negligible against a single opponent but meaningful when you're stacking multiple curses on one target or running Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor as the engine. In Pauper, the common slot is crowded with faster, more direct threats, and the enchantment does too little too slowly to make cuts in most shells. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — the effect doesn't come close to matching the pace of those formats. It's a Commander-or-nowhere card, and even there it only earns its slot in a theme deck built around it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Curse of the Pierced Heart is bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. Demand is narrow enough that this price is stable; don't expect it to move unless a new curse-matters commander drives a sudden spike.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.