Recumbent Bliss
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may gain 1 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #19099
Recumbent Bliss locks down one creature permanently and drains the opponent who controls it for one life per turn — removal and a life-total clock stapled together. The cost is that the creature stays on the battlefield, so a sacrifice outlet or enchantment removal kills the effect immediately.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Recumbent Bliss occupies a niche as white-blue enchantress fodder that doubles as soft removal — it counts as an enchantment trigger and answers a commander without sending it to the command zone. Pauper is where it sees the most competitive consideration, slotting into aura-based control shells that want cheap enchantments that do real work. In Legacy and Vintage it's unplayable on power-level grounds; the formats move too fast for a three-mana aura that doesn't answer the card permanently. Recumbent Bliss is a format-specific tool, not a cross-format staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Recumbent Bliss is deep bulk — you can pick up a playset for less than the cost of a sleeve. Price stability is a non-issue; it has no spike potential and will stay at this floor indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.