Mortal Wound
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature is dealt damage, destroy it.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Visions
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #25418
Mortal Wound kills any creature with a toughness counter on it for a single green mana — but that trigger condition means it does nothing on an empty board and nothing against a creature that hasn't been dealt damage this turn. It's a conditional one-drop removal spell in a format where unconditional options exist at the same price point.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Mortal Wound is too narrow to earn a slot — green already struggles to justify its removal, and this one requires setup that most decks can't reliably provide on demand. Pauper is its best home, where the commons card pool is shallow enough that a one-mana kill spell with any condition attached has real competitive pull, especially in decks running ways to ping or weaken creatures. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters: the format speed and the availability of strictly better interaction make Mortal Wound invisible. Oathbreaker shares Commander's problem — 20 starting life means games are fast and you need removal that works immediately, not conditionally.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Mortal Wound is deep bulk — pick it up in a commons lot or grab a playset from a bulk bin without thinking twice. Don't expect that price to move; conditional one-mana green removal has no spike potential.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.