Guided Strike
Instant
Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.
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- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #11602
Guided Strike gives a creature first strike and draws you a card for two mana — the cantrip half is what makes it playable, turning a combat trick into pure card advantage. Outside of Feather, the Redeemed recursion engines, it's a one-shot trick that rarely earns its slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Feather, the Redeemed
Feather, the Redeemed returns Guided Strike to hand at end of turn, meaning two mana every combat cycle buys a first-strike blocker or attacker and replaces itself indefinitely — it's one of the cleanest repeatable draw engines in the deck.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Guided Strike actually belongs — specifically inside Feather, the Redeemed builds where recursion converts a one-shot cantrip into an engine piece. In Pauper, the card is legal but the format's efficient threats and interaction set a high bar for combat tricks, and a two-mana cantrip that only affects combat rarely clears it. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but would never run it — the effect is too narrow and the formats too hostile to sorcery-speed combat positioning. Guided Strike is a Commander card wearing universal legal status.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Guided Strike sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to move — supply is deep and demand is narrow enough that only Feather, the Redeemed players have a real reason to track it down. Pick it up without hesitation if you need it; it's a throw-in at any trade table.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.