Divine Presence
Enchantment
If a source would deal 4 or more damage to a permanent or player, that source deals 3 damage to that permanent or player instead.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $1.72
- EDHREC rank
- #21743
Divine Presence caps all damage at 3, turning every combat step and burn spell into a slow crawl — your opponents' haymakers become papercuts. It's a white prison piece that punishes power-stacked Commander tables but folds the moment an opponent enchantment-wipes.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Divine Presence is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's essentially the full list of places it sees any meaningful discussion. Commander is its natural home — multiplayer tables full of high-power creatures and big-damage spells make the damage cap genuinely oppressive, and white prison decks like Oloro, Ageless Ascetic or Zur the Enchanter can tutor it into play and protect it. In Legacy and Vintage, faster clocks and non-combat win conditions make Divine Presence nearly invisible; the card simply doesn't slow down the formats that matter. Oathbreaker offers a niche shell if your signature spell locks down combat further, but the card's ceiling is Commander and its floor is everything else.
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Price Context
Current price
$1.72 cheap tier
At $1.72, Divine Presence sits in budget-rare territory — cheap enough to include on a whim, priced just above bulk because its Commander niche is real but narrow. It's unlikely to climb significantly given its limited competitive footprint, so pick it up whenever the deck calls for it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.