Godhead of Awe
Creature — Spirit Avatar
Flying
Other creatures have base power and toughness 1/1.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Price
- $3.80
- EDHREC rank
- #19758
Godhead of Awe turns every opposing creature into a 1/1, a board-wide nerf that rivals Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite for sheer impact — except it hits your creatures too, so it only belongs in decks built to ignore that downside. Six mana for a 4/4 flier with that static ability is a real card, but the symmetry is the whole game.
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 |
In Commander, Godhead of Awe is a niche but punishing include for Azorius enchantment or control builds that can consistently go wide with tokens or pump a single evasive threat — the symmetry is a feature, not a bug, if your creatures aren't creatures when it matters. Legacy and Vintage both have faster, cleaner answers and combo clocks that make a six-mana do-nothing-immediately permanent a liability; it sees essentially zero competitive play in either format. Modern is technically legal but the same problem applies: six mana with no immediate effect is too slow for a format defined by threats that end games on turn three or four.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card


Elesh Norn, Grand CenobiteGodhead of Awe
Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control; Lock
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Godhead of AweEthereal Absolution
Creatures opponents control die upon entering; Lock
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Toxrill, the CorrosiveGodhead of Awe
Reduce the toughness of creatures opponents control to 0 on each of your turns
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Godhead of AweNight of Souls' Betrayal
All creatures die upon entering; Lock
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$3.80 cheap tier
At $3.80, Godhead of Awe sits in the budget-mythic tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate include, cheap enough that the price isn't the barrier to running it. Demand is narrow given how many decks it actively hurts, so the price is stable rather than rising.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.
