Lance
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has first strike.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Revised Edition
- Price
- $0.39
- EDHREC rank
- #27812
Lance grants first strike to an enchanted creature for one white mana — a permanent, stackable effect that costs almost nothing to deploy. It's outclassed by nearly every equipment and aura printed in the last two decades, and outside of very specific synergy contexts there's no reason to run it.
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 |
Lance is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but that legal status doesn't translate to playability in any of them. In Commander, first-strike auras are far down the priority list — combat tricks matter less in a multiplayer format where board wipes reset the table. In Legacy and Vintage, the card simply doesn't compete with the power level of available options. Lance exists as a curiosity for Aura-matters builds or Old-School formats, not as a genuine role-player.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.39 bulk tier
At $0.39, Lance is bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the effect. Demand is low enough that the price is unlikely to climb without a reprint or a fringe combo discovery nobody has found in forty-plus years.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.