Iron Will
Instant
Target creature gets +0/+4 until end of turn.
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #26016
Iron Will gives a creature +0/+4 and protection from black until end of turn for a single white mana — that's a meaningful defensive swing that can save a key creature, blow out a combat, or bait a counterspell. It sees almost no competitive play because one-shot toughness buffs don't generate card advantage, and every format that runs white has better options.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Iron Will is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but the only place it sees any real play is Pauper, where the common-card restriction narrows the protection suite and a one-mana combat trick has more relative value. In Commander the card is simply too narrow — trading a card and a mana for a single creature's survival for one turn is a poor exchange in a four-player game where card advantage is everything. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient protection spells, so Iron Will never registers there.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Iron Will is deep bulk — you'll find it in common boxes and draft chaff piles. There's no price floor to speak of; demand is low enough that this is unlikely to move in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.