Order of the Sacred Torch
Creature — Human Knight
, Pay 1 life: Counter target black spell.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Fifth Edition
- Price
- $0.83
- EDHREC rank
- #19772
Order of the Sacred Torch lets you pay 1 and tap it to counter a black spell — a repeatable, on-board counterspell that doesn't cost a card in hand. The activation cost is low enough to hold up each turn, but the narrow color restriction means it does nothing against the other four colors.
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 |
In Commander, Order of the Sacred Torch occupies a niche role in white stax and taxing builds that want redundant hate pieces against black combo lines — think Demonic Consultation, Ad Nauseam, or Thassa's Oracle. Legacy and Vintage are the only competitive formats where it's legal, and neither has ever found a reason to run it over more flexible disruption. In Commander, the real question is whether your meta runs enough black win conditions to justify a card slot that does nothing in three out of four games.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.83 bulk tier
At $0.83, Order of the Sacred Torch sits at the high end of bulk — cheap enough to throw in without a second thought, but not so negligible it's a free inclusion. Its narrow application means it's unlikely to appreciate unless a black-dominated Commander meta pushes demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.