Great Defender
Instant
Target creature gets +0/+X until end of turn, where X is its mana value.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $3.39
- EDHREC rank
- #29049
Great Defender taps to add white mana equal to a target creature's toughness — in a deck built around high-toughness defenders, that's a serious mana engine on a two-mana enchantment. The payoff is real, but it does nothing without the right creatures in play, so it's a build-around, not a generic include.
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 |
Great Defender is a Commander card through and through — the format's singleton rule and longer games give you time to assemble the high-toughness creatures that make it explosive. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but has no competitive home; faster formats don't give a two-mana enchantment the runway it needs to generate meaningful returns. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's conditions closely enough that the same verdict applies: strong in a dedicated walls shell, irrelevant elsewhere.
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Price Context
Current price
$3.39 cheap tier
At $3.39, Great Defender sits at the high end of cheap for a narrow build-around enchantment. It holds that price because the demand is specific — Doran and Arcades players want it — so don't expect it to drop unless a reprint lands in a precon.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.