Mangara's Blessing
Instant
You gain 5 life.
When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard this card, you gain 2 life, and you return this card from your graveyard to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #29985
Mangara's Blessing gains you 5 life and puts a +1/+1 counter on each of up to five target creatures — all for five mana at sorcery speed. That rate is too slow and too passive for Commander, where 5 life is noise and counters scattered across five creatures rarely close a game.
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 |
Mangara's Blessing is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, five mana at sorcery speed for 5 life and a handful of +1/+1 counters is below the baseline — you're competing with dedicated lifegain payoffs and +1/+1 counter synergies that do more for less. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in this effect at any price. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case where a lifegain-themed Oathbreaker might tolerate it, but even there more efficient options exist.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Mangara's Blessing is deep bulk — the price reflects the demand accurately. Don't expect it to appreciate; the card has no competitive home and no spike target pulling it upward.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.