Dazzling Beauty
Instant
Cast this spell only during the declare blockers step.
Target unblocked attacking creature becomes blocked. (This spell works on creatures that can't be blocked.)
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #28405
Dazzling Beauty taps target creature and prevents all combat damage it would deal this turn — a one-mana instant that neutralizes an attacker or a blocker cleanly. It's a defensive trick with real tempo upside, but it's also a one-for-one that doesn't advance your board, which keeps it out of most competitive lists.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Dazzling Beauty is a fringe inclusion — it answers one threat for one mana at instant speed, but 100-card decks demand permanents and card advantage over single-use tricks. Pauper is its best home, where cheap instants that generate tempo are genuinely respected and the common card pool keeps options narrow. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; the effect is too small for formats defined by free spells and broken permanents. Dazzling Beauty occupies the same niche in Oathbreaker as it does in Commander: occasionally fine, rarely optimal.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Dazzling Beauty is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. The price is stable in the way all bulk commons are stable: it won't rise without a format breakthrough that isn't coming.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.