Might of the Nephilim
Instant
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each of its colors.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dissension
- Price
- $0.52
- EDHREC rank
- #15561
Might of the Nephilim puts a massive pump on the table at instant speed — a four-color creature gets +4/+4, and Sergeant John Benton, who hits all four non-green colors, is walking into combat with a +4/+4 bonus before you've spent a single mana beyond the spell itself. The cost is deck construction: you need a genuinely four- or five-color shell to make the bonus reliable, and in a mono- or two-color deck this is a blank.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sergeant John Benton
Sergeant John Benton is the natural home — his creature type hits white, blue, black, and red, which means Might of the Nephilim is a one-mana +4/+4 instant every single game, making it one of the most efficient combat tricks available to the deck.
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 |
Might of the Nephilim is a Commander card through and through — the format's five-color and four-color commanders are exactly the shell where this spell justifies its slot. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but has no competitive presence; a one-mana pump spell needs to be unconditional at those tables, and the color-counting clause is a real restriction. Oathbreaker could support it in the right four-color build, but the smaller card pool makes consistent activation harder to guarantee. Stick to Commander, and only to builds where your commander or key creatures reliably touch three or four colors.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.52 bulk tier
At $0.52, Might of the Nephilim sits squarely in bulk territory — you're paying almost nothing for a card that overperforms in the right shell. Bulk rares with narrow but powerful applications tend to stay cheap indefinitely, so there's no urgency either way; just pick it up when you're already placing an order.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.