Oath of Lieges
Enchantment
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player chooses target player who controls more lands than they do and is their opponent. The first player may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Exodus
- Price
- $4.11
- EDHREC rank
- #12264
Oath of Lieges hands every opponent who's behind on lands a free basic each upkeep — and in a four-player game, someone almost always qualifies, which means you're drawing out the political goodwill while keeping pace with the table. Two mana for an enchantment that routinely accelerates your own board while making enemies elsewhere is a genuine bargain.
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 where Oath of Lieges earns its keep: the multiplayer math virtually guarantees triggers every turn cycle, land counts diverge constantly across four players, and the political texture of giving opponents resources buys you time to execute. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant — those formats move too fast for a symmetrical, slow-ramp enchantment to matter. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's multiplayer structure that the card functions similarly there, though the smaller deck size and faster games shrink the window.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.11 cheap tier
At $4.11, Oath of Lieges sits in the range where it's an easy inclusion decision — cheap enough to slot in without deliberation, expensive enough that it has held modest real demand over the years. It's a niche card with a loyal audience in political and group-hug shells, so the price is stable rather than speculative.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.