Halls of Mist
Land
Cumulative upkeep 
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Creatures that attacked during their controller's last turn can't attack.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $2.97
- EDHREC rank
- #19564
Halls of Mist locks every creature into attacking only every other turn — a persistent, global tap-down that taxes aggro and stalls combat math without costing you a card per threat. The catch is symmetry: it hits your creatures too, so you either build around it or accept that you're slowing the whole table.
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, Halls of Mist is a stax piece that earns its slot in pillowfort and tap-down builds — it halves the effective attack frequency of every creature on the table, which matters enormously in a four-player game where three opponents are pointing threats at you. Legacy and Vintage both support it on paper, but neither format has ever had a reason to run it: creatures in those formats are efficient enough that a one-turn delay is rarely the angle you want, and dedicated stax builds in Legacy have better lock pieces available. Oathbreaker is legal and shares Commander's multiplayer dynamics, so the same pillowfort logic applies at smaller scale. It's a card whose power is entirely format-context-dependent — in Commander it can be a legitimate nuisance; everywhere else it's a curiosity.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.97 cheap tier
At $2.97, Halls of Mist sits in a comfortable budget tier — cheap enough to slot in without deliberation, and niche enough that the price reflects collector interest in an older printing more than competitive demand. It's unlikely to spike given how narrow its application is, so there's no urgency in picking it up.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.