Reduce in Stature
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 0/2.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #27904
Reduce in Stature turns any creature into a 0/3 with no abilities — effectively neutralizing it on the board for three mana at instant speed. It handles commanders, indestructible threats, and hexproof creatures equally, but three mana for a single-target permanent debuff is a steep ask when unconditional removal exists at the same price.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Reduce in Stature occupies an awkward slot — it answers almost anything but doesn't actually remove it, leaving your opponent with a 0/3 blocker and a creature in their graveyard trigger waiting to happen. Pauper is its best home, where hard removal is scarcer and a three-mana instant that blanks any creature has real utility. In Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, it's strictly outclassed by Fatal Push, Swords to Plowshares, and Path to Exile. The pauper-legal status is the one context where Reduce in Stature is worth serious consideration.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Reduce in Stature is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card itself. That price will hold indefinitely; there's no demand driver that moves a three-mana pacifism variant upward.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.