Path of Peace
Sorcery
Destroy target creature. Its owner gains 4 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal Second Age
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #26025
Path of Peace exiles a creature and gains its controller 4 life — clean, permanent removal with a minor upside — for four mana at sorcery speed. That cost is the problem: white has better options at the same price, and anything that answers threats at instant speed makes Path of Peace look slow.
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 |
Path of Peace is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, and it sees essentially zero play in the powered formats where cheaper interaction dominates. Pauper is the only context where it occasionally shows up, since the format's removal suite is shallow enough that four-mana exile can be worth a slot in slower white builds. In Commander, Path of Peace competes against Swords to Plowshares, Generous Gift, and Stroke of Midnight — all of which cost two mana less or operate at instant speed — and it almost never wins that competition.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Path of Peace is deep bulk — the price reflects exactly how rarely it gets called upon. Don't expect the number to move; it has no competitive home and Commander players have too many superior white removal options to drive demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.