Privileged Position
Enchantment
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Other permanents you control have hexproof. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Price
- $5.13
- EDHREC rank
- #3234
Privileged Position blankets every permanent you control with hexproof, turning your entire board into a removal-proof engine for five mana. It's a staple in enchantment-heavy decks — Tuvasa the Sunlit lists run it in over 35% of builds — and the cost is justified the moment it resolves over a loaded board.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tuvasa the Sunlit
Tuvasa the Sunlit draws cards off enchantments and grows as a threat, so Privileged Position does double duty: it protects the enchantments fueling the engine and keeps Tuvasa herself untouchable. Losing either to spot removal unravels the whole line, and Privileged Position stops that.
Yenna, Redtooth Regent
Yenna, Redtooth Regent copies enchantments at upkeep, meaning the longer your enchantments survive, the more free value you generate. Privileged Position ensures those enchantments stick around long enough for Yenna to compound them into a dominant board state.
Anikthea, Hand of Erebos
Anikthea, Hand of Erebos reanimates enchantments as creature tokens, so the board can rebuild from the graveyard — but stopping that loop from ever starting is the goal, and Privileged Position keeps each enchantment out of the bin in the first place.
Calix, Guided by Fate
Calix, Guided by Fate proliferates lore counters and creates Destiny tokens off enchanted permanents, building a wide board that needs protection from mass-targeted responses. Privileged Position locks down the enchanted creatures and enchantments Calix depends on to keep the counter engine ticking.
Sythis, Harvest's Hand
Sythis, Harvest's Hand draws a card and gains life for each enchantment cast, making card advantage purely a function of enchantments resolving and staying in play. Privileged Position makes sure they do.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Privileged Position earns its reputation — enchantress strategies run it as a cornerstone piece because a single five-mana investment protects every permanent on your board for as long as it stays in play. In Legacy and Vintage it sees essentially no play; the formats move too fast for a five-mana enchantment that doesn't immediately affect the game state. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's permanent-based, slower game structure that Privileged Position is viable there too, particularly in enchantment-matters builds. Anywhere outside those slower multiplayer or battlecruiser contexts, the mana cost makes it unplayable.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Sterling Grove costs under $4 and gives all your other enchantments hexproof, which covers the most common use case — protecting your enchantment suite — while adding a tutor mode that Privileged Position lacks entirely. The gap is that Sterling Grove doesn't protect non-enchantment permanents, so if your deck cares about shielding creatures, artifacts, or lands, you're giving something real up; running both is the correct call in higher-budget builds.
Price Context
Current price
$5.13 mid tier
At $5.13, Privileged Position sits in the mid tier — accessible enough that cutting it for budget reasons is hard to justify in any deck that can cast it. It's been printed multiple times without a significant price collapse, which suggests the demand from enchantment commanders is durable enough to hold it near this floor.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.