Frost Breath
Instant
Tap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #17021
Frost Breath taps two creatures and locks them down for a turn, buying you a clean attack or a safe pass — but three mana at instant speed for a temporary effect is a steep ask. It's a combat trick that doesn't change the board state, and in Commander that ceiling is too low.
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 |
Frost Breath is legal across Constructed formats but rarely sees play in any of them. In Commander, tapping two blockers is marginal — you're spending a card to create a one-turn window that doesn't advance your permanent count or threaten a win. Pauper is the one format where tempo spells at common get a closer look, but even there, cheaper and more flexible options exist. Competitive formats like Legacy and Vintage simply ignore Frost Breath entirely — the effect doesn't approach the power threshold those environments demand.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Frost Breath sits firmly in bulk territory. There's no demand pressure to push that price up — the effect is narrow and the supply is deep, so expect it to stay at the bottom of any bulk box indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.