Moment of Valor
Instant
Choose one —
• Untap target creature. It gets +1/+0 and gains indestructible until end of turn.
• Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #15743
Moment of Valor gives each creature you control +0/+3 until end of turn for a single white mana — a fog-variant that shores up a board without clearing it. It's narrow enough that most Commander decks want actual removal instead, but token-go-wide builds that block in waves will find real use here.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Moment of Valor is a fringe role-player: token decks that need to survive one combat step to close the game will run it, but it competes with Teferi's Protection and Heroic Intervention, which do more for the same or similar cost. In pauper it's legal and cheap, but defensive instants at common rarely see play when the format demands tempo-positive cards. Across constructed formats — Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy — Moment of Valor doesn't have the ceiling to compete; toughness buffs without permanent upside don't make cuts when the bar is this high. It's a Commander-or-nothing card, and even there it only earns a slot in dedicated go-wide strategies.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Moment of Valor is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and ink, not scarcity. Nothing about its role or demand profile pushes it off that floor.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.