Gallantry
Instant
Target blocking creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
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- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #24662
Gallantry pumps a creature +4/+4 until end of turn and draws you a card — all for two mana at instant speed. That rate is good enough to see real play in combat-trick-friendly Commander shells, though it demands a blocking or attacking creature to target or it's dead in hand.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Gallantry earns its slot in decks that care about targeting their own creatures — voltron commanders and aristocrats builds that need a cheap pump that replaces itself are the primary homes. Legacy has access to every card ever printed, so Gallantry competes with Giant Growth variants and cantrip spells that do more in a tempo context; it sees virtually no play there. Vintage is the same story: legal but irrelevant. Gallantry is cleanest in Commander, specifically in white aggro or go-wide builds where the cantrip stapled to a combat trick pulls real weight.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Gallantry is deep bulk — no barrier to picking up a copy. Price stability is a non-issue; it'll sit at this floor indefinitely unless a prominent deck or product elevates it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.