Light from Within
Enchantment
Chroma — Each creature you control gets +1/+1 for each white mana symbol in its mana cost.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Eventide
- Price
- $9.47
- EDHREC rank
- #22501
Light from Within turns every white permanent into a threat — each one gets +1/+1 for each white mana symbol in its mana cost, which stacks fast in mono-white or heavily white creature builds. Five mana for a static anthem that scales with your board is the right rate, and in the right shell it outperforms any fixed-bonus enchantment.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Light from Within actually gets to perform — mono-white commanders like Heliod, Sun-Crowned or Giada, Font of Hope run dense white pips throughout their curves, and a single enchantment can push the whole board into lethal range. Legacy and Vintage are legal homes but irrelevant ones; white weenie strategies there don't want a five-mana enchantment that does nothing the turn it enters. Modern is technically legal but the same logic applies — the format is too fast for a five-drop that demands a critical mass of white symbols to justify itself. Light from Within is a Commander card through and through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Honor of the Pure and Glorious Anthem both cost two to three mana and give a flat +1/+1 to white creatures, landing well under $1 each — you lose the scaling upside of Light from Within, but you gain three turns of deployment speed, which matters more in faster metas. If your curve is loaded with double- and triple-white costs and you're playing a dedicated mono-white build, no flat anthem matches what Light from Within can do at peak board state, but in casual or mixed-color lists the cheaper options are simply more consistent.
Price Context
Current price
$9.47 mid tier
At $9.47, Light from Within sits in the mid tier — noticeable but not a barrier for a dedicated mono-white build that will actually use it. The price is fair for what is essentially a niche-but-powerful enchantment; it holds value in Commander demand and is unlikely to be reprinted aggressively given its narrow application.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.