Enduring Victory
Instant
Destroy target attacking or blocking creature. Bolster 1. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #27296
Enduring Victory destroys a tapped creature and puts a +1/+1 counter on one of your attackers — removal stapled to a pump effect for five mana at instant speed. It's a fine limited card that doesn't clear the bar for Commander, where five mana buys unconditional removal with no strings attached.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Enduring Victory competes against unconditional removal like Swords to Plowshares and Path to Exile that cost a fraction of the mana, so it belongs only in decks that specifically value the +1/+1 counter as a payoff. In pauper it's more credible — the counter matters more at common power levels and instant-speed removal with upside has real value. In Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, five-mana sorcery-speed-adjacent removal doesn't see play when the format moves faster than that mana investment can justify.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Enduring Victory is deep bulk — the floor price for a card with negligible demand. Don't expect it to climb; niche combat-trick removal at five mana has no constructed home pushing the price up.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.