Due Diligence
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, target creature you control other than enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and gains vigilance until end of turn.
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has vigilance.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #16995
Due Diligence taps a creature and draws a card — two lines of text that make it a flexible combat trick and a cantrip stapled together. At one white mana, the cost is low enough that it replaces itself without feeling like a tempo loss.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Due Diligence earns its slot in decks that want to tap opposing blockers before a swing and keep the cards flowing — particularly white aggro or go-wide builds that can't afford to trade cards for tempo. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern and Pioneer, the effect is too marginal; removal and counters at that mana cost do more work. Pauper is where Due Diligence has the most crossover appeal outside Commander, since cantripping interaction is at a premium and the floor of drawing a card keeps it from being a dead draw.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Due Diligence is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick out of a common box rather than buy singles. Price stability is essentially irrelevant at this tier; it will stay cheap unless a specific combo or commander pushes demand, which isn't on the horizon.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.