Prismatic Circle
Enchantment
Cumulative upkeep 
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
As this enchantment enters, choose a color.: The next time a source of your choice of the chosen color would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #29180
Prismatic Circle gives you a repeatable, activated life gain engine that scales with how many colors your opponents are running — in a four-player Commander pod, that's frequently four damage prevention per activation for a single colorless mana. It's a niche card that earns a slot almost exclusively in dedicated life gain or drain strategies; everywhere else, it's too slow and too conditional to matter.
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 |
Prismatic Circle is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its practical home is Commander — the multiplayer environment is the only place where opponents routinely span three or four colors, making each activation meaningfully productive. In Legacy and Vintage, the card sees zero competitive play; those formats are too fast and too focused for a colorless life gain artifact with no board impact. Pauper is theoretically legal but the format's aggressive and combo decks don't give Prismatic Circle enough time to matter. Stick to Commander if you're building around it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Prismatic Circle is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. That price will hold flat indefinitely; there's no realistic reprint risk or demand spike that would move a card this narrow.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.