Kirtar's Desire
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack.
Threshold — Enchanted creature can't block as long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #25410
Kirtar's Desire taps a creature and keeps it tapped as long as the enchantment stays on it — soft removal that doesn't kill, just neutralizes. It costs one white mana, which is cheap, but enchantment removal bounces it straight back into play for your opponent, so it trades poorly against any deck that packs Naturalize effects.
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 |
In Commander, Kirtar's Desire is fringe at best — the format's threat density is high enough that a single tapped creature rarely changes outcomes, and white has access to cleaner options like Arrest or Darksteel Mutation at similar price points. In Pauper, where the card pool is narrower, soft-lock effects have more traction, but Kirtar's Desire still competes with Narcolepsy and Bonds of Quicksilver for the same slot and loses on flexibility. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the speed of those formats makes a one-mana tap-down laughably underpowered. If Kirtar's Desire has a home, it's in extremely budget Pauper lists that want redundancy on pacifism-style effects.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Kirtar's Desire is deep bulk — you're buying it for a penny-slot Pauper build or a collection binder, not because it holds any monetary value. Don't expect the price to move; there's no competitive demand to push it.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.