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Orim's Chant

Instant

Kicker {W} (You may pay an additional {W} as you cast this spell.)
Target player can't cast spells this turn. If this spell was kicked, creatures can't attack this turn.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Modern Horizons 3
Price
$5.67
EDHREC rank
#2107
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Orim's Chant card art
Orim's Chant stops all spells or all attacks for a turn on a single white mana — and imprinted on Isochron Scepter, it locks the table out of combat or interaction every turn for two mana. In the Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver cEDH shell it's a staple precisely because protecting a combo turn on the stack is worth more than any counterspell at that price.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Dargo, the ShipwreckerTymna the Weaver

Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver

57.5% of decks · synergy 0.55

Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver runs Orim's Chant as a one-mana combo shield — cast it on your turn with kicker to blank opposing interaction while the Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver engine resolves, and it doubles as a protected win-condition when imprinted on Isochron Scepter.

02
Zirda, the Dawnwaker

Zirda, the Dawnwaker

20.2% of decks · synergy 0.18

Zirda, the Dawnwaker reduces Isochron Scepter's activated ability from two mana to one, which means Orim's Chant can be recast every single turn for a single colorless — that cost reduction turns a soft lock into an airtight one.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Orim's Chant is a cEDH-tier tool — the kicker mode doubles as a one-mana counterspell for the whole table on your combo turn, and the Isochron Scepter lock is one of the most consistent soft-lock engines in the format. Legacy sees occasional Scepter-Chant prison builds where Orim's Chant locks opponents off spells indefinitely, though the format's speed and Force of Will density keep it from dominating. Modern is technically legal but practically absent — faster combo and ubiquitous interaction make a one-mana silence too slow to close games. Vintage has the card pool to abuse it but also the free interaction to answer it, so it surfaces only in dedicated Scepter lists.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Silence does the same job for less than a dollar and is the direct replacement for most purposes — it lacks the combat-blocking kicker mode, but in Isochron Scepter decks the spell-locking half is what matters anyway. If you need the attack-prevention angle specifically, Ethereal Haze and Holy Day cover combat for under fifty cents each, though neither can be imprinted on Scepter to protect a combo turn from counterspells, which is the core reason to run Orim's Chant over its cheaper cousins.

Price Context

Current price

$5.67 mid tier

At $5.67, Orim's Chant sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate inclusion, cheap enough that any deck running Isochron Scepter should just buy it. Its price reflects a narrow but dedicated cEDH audience; casual demand is low, so the floor is stable rather than climbing.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.