Due Respect
Instant
Permanents enter tapped this turn.
Draw a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #20339
Due Respect freezes every opponent's board — no activated abilities, no attacking — until your next turn, all for two mana. Think of it as a white Fog that also shuts down Elesh Norn's triggered engines and mana dorks the moment your opponents need them most.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Elesh Norn
Elesh Norn decks often live or die by tempo, and Due Respect buys a full rotation to develop the board without eating an attack or a sacrifice outlet activation — that gap is usually enough to establish dominance.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Due Respect earns its slot as a cheap, proactive answer to the turns where multiple opponents would otherwise swing past your defenses or chain activated abilities into a win. It's not a staple, but in white stax and pillow-fort lists it outperforms a straight Fog by shutting down mana rocks, sacrifice outlets, and tap abilities all at once. Legacy and Vintage have access to faster, more reliable protection — Due Respect won't make waves there. Modern is its ceiling outside Commander: the effect is narrow enough that most tempo and control decks prefer hard removal, but combo-disruption sideboard slots are a reasonable home. It's not legal in Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper, so Commander is where Due Respect lives.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Due Respect is pure bulk — easy to pick up without a second thought. At that price it holds value only as a role-player; don't expect it to climb unless white stax strategies break into broader popularity.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Elesh Norn
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.