Keldon Mantle
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
: Regenerate enchanted creature.
: Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
: Enchanted creature gains trample until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGR
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Salvat 2005
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #28253
Keldon Mantle gives a creature banding and +0/+1 for one red mana, and that's about as narrow as an aura gets in 2024. Banding is one of the least-supported mechanics in the game, and the stat bonus is irrelevant — this is a bulk-bin curiosity, not a playable card.
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 |
Keldon Mantle is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, banding has essentially no supporting infrastructure, so Keldon Mantle just sits on a creature doing nearly nothing relevant at scale. Pauper is the one format where unusual one-mana auras occasionally find a home, but banding offers no damage or evasion — the formats where aggressive red decks want enchantments want power boosts, not defensive combat tricks. Legacy and Vintage have access to nearly every card ever printed and have no reason to look here.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't currently available for Keldon Mantle, which tracks — it's an obscure older card with negligible competitive demand. Expect to find copies for well under a dollar in bulk bins or on the cheap end of any buylist.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.