Hopeful Vigil
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters, create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance.
When this enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, scry 2.
: Sacrifice this enchantment.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #18989
Hopeful Vigil replaces itself when an enchantment you control dies and leaves behind a 1/1 flying token — two meaningful effects stapled to a two-mana enchantment. It's a reliable draw engine in any deck that plans to sacrifice or recur enchantments, and the token means you're never left with nothing.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Hopeful Vigil earns a slot in any enchantress or sacrifice-based white deck that expects its enchantments to cycle through the graveyard — the card draw alone justifies the mana, and the token gives sacrifice outlets something to chew on. In Pauper, it fits cleanly into white enchantment-focused or aura-based strategies where attrition is common and a cantripping enchantment with upside beats a blank. In Modern and Pioneer, Hopeful Vigil is too slow and conditional to compete with proactive threats, but it could see fringe use in dedicated enchantment-sacrifice shells. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in two-mana enchantments that require setup to draw a card.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Hopeful Vigil is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. The price won't move unless a major Commander precon or competitive deck adopts it en masse, so pick up copies freely and don't hesitate to trade for them.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.