Hostile Realm
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant land
Enchanted land has "
: Target creature can't block this turn."
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Morningtide
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #28668
Hostile Realm taxes each attacking creature your opponents control by making them tap a land, turning aggression into a mana drain your opponents have to account with every combat step. At two mana for an enchantment with no ongoing cost, the rate is strong — but it only matters if your meta is swinging at you regularly.
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, Hostile Realm scales with the format's multi-player aggression in ways one-on-one formats can't match — three opponents attacking means three land taxes per combat, and political pressure shifts toward anyone who can't afford to swing. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, it's legal but finds no real home; dedicated control and tempo decks have more efficient tools, and the effect is too slow against combo. Pauper is where Hostile Realm has the most plausible niche outside Commander, particularly in defensive creature-light shells that want to stall the board without spending cards on blockers.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Hostile Realm is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box, not budgeting for it. Bulk enchantments with narrow appeal don't climb unless a Commander archetype breaks out around them, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.