Martyr's Bond
Enchantment
Whenever this enchantment or another nonland permanent you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, each opponent sacrifices a permanent of their choice that shares a card type with it.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.52
- EDHREC rank
- #10265
Martyr's Bond turns every sacrifice you make into a Vindicate aimed at the table — each non-land permanent you lose forces each opponent to sacrifice a permanent of the same type, chaining removal across the whole board. Six mana is a real cost, but commanders like Kibo, Uktabi Prince and Malik, Grim Manipulator generate sacrifice fodder on demand, making that price trivial.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Malik, Grim Manipulator
Malik, Grim Manipulator forces opponents to sacrifice creatures on his own, and Martyr's Bond converts every one of those deaths into a cascading demand for matching permanents — stack enough triggers and entire boards collapse without Malik ever swinging.
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 |
Martyr's Bond is a Commander card through and through — its symmetrical punishment engine only scales up with more opponents at the table, and four-player games give it exponentially more targets than any 1v1 format could. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but sees no meaningful play; six mana for a do-nothing enchantment until you sacrifice something is far too slow against those formats' threat density. Oathbreaker is the one other format where Martyr's Bond could see niche play, particularly in go-wide sacrifice builds where the planeswalker's loyalty abilities generate expendable permanents.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Kibo, Uktabi PrinceSinking FeelingMartyr's BondScreaming Shield
Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures; Infinite green mana for all players; Infinite lifegain for all players; Infinite lifegain triggers for all players; Infinite mill; Infinite red mana for all players; Infinite self-mill
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.52 bulk tier
At $0.52, Martyr's Bond sits firmly in bulk territory despite being a genuine build-around enchantment with no functional reprint. The low price reflects narrow Commander demand rather than weak power level — it overperforms its cost in the right shell.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Kibo, Uktabi Prince
- Malik, Grim Manipulator
- Sinking Feeling
- Screaming Shield
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.