Inspire Awe
Instant
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn except combat damage that would be dealt by enchanted creatures and enchantment creatures. Scry 2.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #20276
Inspire Awe clears a board of toughness-matters blockers or wraps up a game on the spot by preventing any number of creatures from dealing combat damage until end of turn — all for three mana at instant speed. It's a niche spell, but in the decks that want it, the ceiling is a one-sided pseudo-Fog that doubles as a win condition.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Inspire Awe is a Commander card through and through — the one format where games go long enough for a single instant to neutralize a full board of attackers or unlock a lethal swing past a wall of high-toughness blockers. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it has no real home; those formats move too fast and too efficiently for a three-mana conditional combat trick to earn a slot. Pauper is legal on paper but the effect doesn't map onto that format's aggressive, low-to-the-ground threats. Oathbreaker shares Commander's multiplayer DNA, so the same high-toughness synergy shells that want Inspire Awe there will want it here too.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Inspire Awe is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card itself. Bulk rares with narrow applications rarely move off the floor, so don't expect the price to change.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.