Ephara's Radiance
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "
, 
: You gain 3 life."
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Born of the Gods
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #22372
Ephara's Radiance is a one-mana white Aura that taps an enchanted creature to gain 1 life — the definition of doing too little for too much. It sees play only in the narrowest enchantress or lifegain-synergy shells, and even there it's fighting for a slot against cards that actually affect the board.
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 |
Ephara's Radiance is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but competitive play in any of those formats is essentially nonexistent. In Commander, the only context where it's worth considering is an enchantress deck that triggers off every enchantment entering — something like Sythis, Harvest's Hand — where the one-mana entry cost keeps the chain moving and the life gain is incidental upside. In Pauper it's too slow and too small to matter when dedicated lifegain and aura packages have better options at the same cost. Everywhere else, the effect simply doesn't scale.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Ephara's Radiance is deep bulk — you're buying a playset for less than a pack of gum. That price is a ceiling, not a floor; there's no realistic demand driver that moves a card this narrow.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.