Noble Stand
Enchantment
Whenever a creature you control blocks, you gain 2 life.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Nemesis
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #27721
Noble Stand turns every attack into a life-gain engine, adding one life per attacking creature before combat damage is even dealt. At three mana with a two-mana upkeep, the ongoing cost is real, but in a wide-board Commander deck it pays for itself inside two combat steps.
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 |
Commander is the natural home for Noble Stand — go-wide token strategies and lifegain payoff commanders both want the sustained trigger, and the two-mana upkeep is trivial in a 40-life format where games stretch long enough to stack the benefit across multiple turns. Legacy and Vintage allow it, but no competitive shell there cares about incremental lifegain when games are decided on turn two or three. Noble Stand is effectively a Commander card; anywhere else it's a curiosity.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Noble Stand is deep bulk — pick it up without thinking if the effect fits your deck. Bulk enchantments with narrow applications don't tend to spike, so don't expect the price to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.