Domestication

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature
You control enchanted creature.
At the beginning of your end step, if enchanted creature's power is 4 or greater, sacrifice this Aura.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Rise of the Eldrazi
Price
$0.11
EDHREC rank
#22224
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Domestication card art
Domestication steals a creature with power 3 or less and hands it back the moment its power exceeds that threshold — useful, but conditional in a way that punishes you for buffing your own board. Four mana for a non-permanent answer is a fair rate in casual Commander, but the power-limit clause makes it a liability against anything that scales.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Domestication is a role-player in dedicated theft or control builds — it hits mana dorks, hatebears, and utility creatures reliably, but the power-3 ceiling means it blanks against most late-game threats. Constructed formats like Modern and Legacy have long since moved past four-mana enchantment-based removal, and Domestication sees essentially no competitive play there. Pioneer is similarly uninterested; the format's removal suite is efficient enough that a conditional steal on a fragile permanent is too slow. Oathbreaker, where games are faster and low-power creatures matter more, gives Domestication the most theoretical room outside Commander, but it still rarely shows up in lists.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.11 bulk tier

At $0.11, Domestication is deep bulk — pick it out of a common box rather than buying a single. The price reflects its narrow application; it won't climb unless a popular Commander archetype makes theft enchantments a staple, and there's no current indicator of that.

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