Reverence
Enchantment
Creatures with power 2 or less can't attack you.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Price
- $6.42
- EDHREC rank
- #13410
Reverence locks every creature with power 2 or less out of combat entirely — and in a format full of mana dorks, token swarms, and utility creatures, that effect hits the board hard from the moment it lands. At four mana it costs more than you'd want for a static enchantment, but Godhead of Awe pairs with it to shrink everything down to the threshold, and Kudo, King Among Bears builds around it as a core piece of the strategy.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kudo, King Among Bears
Kudo, King Among Bears runs Reverence because Kudo's own triggered ability wants to attack unimpeded — Reverence blanks the small blockers that would otherwise chump all day, turning each combat into a clean lane for Kudo and whatever big creatures the deck puts into play.
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 Reverence actually earns its slot — the format's creature density is high, and token generators, mana elves, and low-power utility bodies are everywhere, making a blanket attack restriction genuinely punishing. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but irrelevant; those formats kill you before a four-mana enchantment with no immediate effect changes the game state. Reverence is a Commander card through and through, best in white-inclusive decks that go tall rather than wide and want to tax the table's ability to attack or block with its small pieces.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Ghostly Prison and Propaganda don't replicate Reverence's mechanic exactly — they tax rather than prevent — but they accomplish the same goal of slowing creature-based aggression at a lower price point. If the specific power-2-or-less lock matters for your deck's synergy, there's no direct substitute, but those two enchantments are the next-best deterrents and together cost under $3.
Price Context
Current price
$6.42 mid tier
At $6.42, Reverence sits in the mid tier — not a budget include, but not a painful acquisition either. It's a narrow enchantment played in roughly 9,500 Commander decks, and that demand is specific enough that the price is unlikely to collapse; equally, don't expect it to climb without a high-profile reprint or breakout deck.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Godhead of Awe
- Kudo, King Among Bears
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.