Is Increasing Devotion good in Commander?

Increasing Devotion in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Increasing Devotion puts five 1/1 Human tokens into play for five mana — and when you flash it back from the graveyard, you get ten instead. That's a board state, not a tempo play, and commanders like Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom that want a continuous Human supply run it because no single token spell matches the ceiling.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom

56.8% of decks · synergy 0.55

Trynn generates one Human per combat, which is fine; Increasing Devotion generates five — or ten on flashback — in a single shot, giving Silvar an immediate sacrifice engine and Trynn a massive trigger buffer that takes turns to duplicate.

02

Neyali, Suns' Vanguard

56.4% of decks · synergy 0.55

Neyali, Suns' Vanguard triggers off attacking tokens, so Increasing Devotion's token flood translates directly into a cascade of card advantage the turn those Humans swing for the first time.

03

Kyler, Sigardian Emissary

49.0% of decks · synergy 0.46

Every Human that enters the battlefield puts a counter on Kyler, Sigardian Emissary and then benefits from those counters — Increasing Devotion's five or ten bodies arrive simultaneously, spiking Kyler's power and toughening the entire board in one go.

04

Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart

41.8% of decks · synergy 0.39

Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart rewards running a high density of Humans, and Increasing Devotion's flashback means a single copy can contribute fifteen total bodies across two castings, keeping the Human count consistently high throughout a game.

05

Éowyn, Shieldmaiden

40.4% of decks · synergy 0.38

Éowyn, Shieldmaiden scales on the number of attacking creatures, so Increasing Devotion's wide token production directly inflates the combat math she rewards — ten tokens on flashback is an outright threat of lethal if she has the right support.

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	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Increasing Devotion is a Commander card through and through — five mana for five tokens is too slow for Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal but irrelevant, and the token-tribal payoffs that make it shine simply don't exist at those tables. In Commander, the math flips: a single Increasing Devotion into a later flashback represents fifteen total bodies off one card slot, which is an exceptional rate in a format where board presence compounds over many turns. Oathbreaker is the only other format where it shows up with any purpose, and only in token-heavy signatures where the flashback can close a game.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.23 bulk tier

At $0.23, Increasing Devotion is bulk in every sense — you'll find it in dollar boxes and bulk lots without looking hard. The price is stable precisely because supply is plentiful and demand is distributed across casual Human and token decks rather than concentrated in any high-volume competitive shell.