Force of Virtue
Enchantment
If it's not your turn, you may exile a white card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Flash
Creatures you control get +1/+1.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Modern Horizons
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #12874
Force of Virtue gives every white creature you control +1/+1 and can be cast for free by pitching another white card — a full enchantment effect with a zero-mana ceiling. If your board is already white-heavy, the pitch cost is negligible and the anthem lands the same turn you need it most.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar prevents opponents from responding during your turn, which means Force of Virtue dropped for free into a combat step is an unanswerable pump — no instant-speed removal, no flash blockers, just a permanent +1/+1 across your entire team.
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 |
Commander is where Force of Virtue earns its slot: white token and go-wide strategies consistently have surplus white cards in hand to fuel the pitch cost, and a free global anthem at instant speed can close games opponents thought were stable. In Legacy and Vintage, the effect is too slow and too small — Moat effects and fast mana make a symmetrical anthem a nonissue for most competitive decks in those formats. Modern white weenie shells occasionally test it as a sideboard free-roll, but the card is fundamentally a multiplayer card that rewards wide boards over individual threat density.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Force of Virtue is bulk — pick up as many copies as your token decks need without hesitation. Bulk rares with genuine free-spell upside rarely spike hard, but don't expect this price to move much in either direction given its narrow format applicability.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.