Holy Day
Instant
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Salvat 2011
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #6047
Holy Day prevents all combat damage for a turn — a panic button that buys exactly one attack step at a cost of one white mana. It's strictly a fog effect, and while the rate is excellent, the impact is purely reactive and temporary.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Holy Day sits in the same slot as Fog and Ethereal Haze — playable in lifegain or pillow-fort decks that need cheap stall, but rarely making the cut over more durable protection. In Legacy and Vintage it sees essentially no play; those formats close games too fast for a one-turn reprieve to matter. Pauper is the friendliest home outside Commander, where cheap white fogs occasionally slot into prison or combo shells that need to survive one extra turn. Holy Day is legal in Oathbreaker as well, where the faster clock makes every fog effect marginally more valuable.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Holy Day isn't available in this snapshot, but as a common fog variant with multiple printings it typically sits well under a dollar. It's the kind of card you pull from a bulk bin rather than seek out.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.