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Fanatical Devotion

Enchantment

Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate target creature.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
common
Set
Nemesis
Price
$0.79
EDHREC rank
#5861
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Fanatical Devotion card art
Fanatical Devotion gives you repeatable, free sacrifice with a regeneration rider stapled on — the cost is that it asks for a creature army, not just a single target. Atla Palani, Nest Tender runs it to crack Egg tokens on demand, and Karmic Guide loops depend on exactly this kind of no-mana sacrifice outlet to go infinite.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Atla Palani, Nest Tender

Atla Palani, Nest Tender

32.2% of decks · synergy 0.30

Atla Palani, Nest Tender needs a free, repeatable sacrifice outlet to crack Egg tokens at will, and Fanatical Devotion provides exactly that — sacrifice an Egg, cheat a creature into play, repeat on your own timeline without paying mana.

02
Darien, King of Kjeldor

Darien, King of Kjeldor

14.1% of decks · synergy 0.13

Darien, King of Kjeldor floods the board with Soldier tokens whenever you take damage, and Fanatical Devotion converts that mass of bodies into a resilient shield — sacrifice tokens to regenerate your key permanents, turning life loss into a protective resource.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Fanatical Devotion is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker — the formats where it actually sees play are Commander and the occasional Pauper sacrifice shell. In Commander it earns its slot almost exclusively as a combo enabler: free sacrifice outlets are scarce enough that Fanatical Devotion competes with Altar of Dementia and Phyrexian Altar for the slot, and the regeneration clause is a genuine upside in creature-heavy metas. In Pauper it is a legal option for aristocrats-style decks, though the three-mana enchantment setup cost is steep compared to creature-based outlets. Legacy and Vintage have no serious use for it.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.79 bulk tier

At $0.79, Fanatical Devotion sits in bulk-rare territory — cheap enough to slot in without hesitation. Demand is narrow and driven almost entirely by Atla Palani combo lists, so the price is stable rather than climbing.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.