Festival
Instant
Cast this spell only during an opponent's upkeep.
Creatures can't attack this turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Dark
- Price
- $0.44
- EDHREC rank
- #23156
Festival prevents all creatures from attacking for one turn — a one-mana fog that blankets the entire board, not just your side. It's a narrow effect that only delays damage, and in most cases a better fog, counterspell, or removal spell does more for the same cost or less.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Festival sees almost no play — one mana buys you a single turn of breathing room with no lasting effect, and the format's multiplayer dynamics mean you're still facing down three other boards the following turn. Legacy and Vintage have access to Festival but have no incentive to run it over more versatile interaction. Pauper is the only format where it's technically a valid budget inclusion in turbo-fog shells, where chaining effects like Festival can buy enough time to assemble a win condition, though even there it competes with stronger options.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.44 bulk tier
At $0.44, Festival sits in bulk territory — cheap enough that the price is never the reason to run it. Demand is too low for the price to move meaningfully in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.