Hero's Resolve
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+5.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Classic Sixth Edition
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #22670
Hero's Resolve costs three mana to staple +3/+3 and lifelink onto a creature permanently — a fine rate if you're building around one threat, a poor rate if the creature dies to the first removal spell your opponent casts. It's a win-more aura in most contexts: the board states where it dominates are already winning, and the ones where it matters most tend to punish you with a two-for-one.
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 |
Hero's Resolve is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. In Pauper it sees the most legitimate play, where common-only card pools make +3/+3 and lifelink a meaningful swing and aggro mirrors make life totals relevant. In Commander, three mana for a single-target aura is a tough sell — the format punishes auras hard because any removal spell turns Hero's Resolve into card disadvantage, and 100-card singleton means you can nearly always find a better threat or protection piece. Legacy and Vintage have the raw card quality to make it obsolete before it resolves.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Hero's Resolve is firmly bulk — you can fill a cart with copies and barely notice the line item. Bulk commons don't appreciate, so there's no reason to stock up beyond immediate need.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.