Intimidation
Enchantment
Creatures you control have fear. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $1.06
- EDHREC rank
- #15381
Intimidation makes all your creatures unblockable except by artifact creatures and black creatures — on a permanent, enchantment-based effect that requires no repeated investment. The catch is that black is one of the most-played colors in Commander, so the protection clause bites frequently enough to make this a conditional threat rather than a reliable closer.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Intimidation lives or dies by table composition — against a black-heavy pod, it's nearly blank; against artifact-tribal or mono-green decks, it ends games. Legacy and Vintage are legal formats, but Intimidation sees no meaningful play there — combat-damage strategies don't compete at that power level. It's not legal in Modern, Pioneer, or Standard, and Pauper excludes it as well, leaving Commander and Oathbreaker as the only real homes.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$1.06 cheap tier
At $1.06, Intimidation sits in the bulk-rare tier — cheap enough that the price is never the reason to skip it. It doesn't hold strong value because better evasion enchantments exist at comparable cost, so don't expect the price to move in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.