Ritual of Steel
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Enchanted creature gets +0/+2.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #27912
Ritual of Steel puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature and gives all your creatures with +1/+1 counters indestructible until end of turn — that's a combat trick and a board save stapled together for two mana. It's a strong include in any counter-based strategy that wants to survive wraths or win through combat.
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 |
In Commander, Ritual of Steel earns its slot in Atraxa, Praetors' Voice and similar counter-centric decks where it doubles as an alpha-strike enabler and a response to board wipes — the more counters you've spread, the more it protects. In Pauper, the common slot is competitive and Ritual of Steel is situational enough that it mostly lands in dedicated synergy shells rather than generic aggro. Legacy and Vintage are both legal but effectively irrelevant; the card doesn't come close to competing in those formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Ritual of Steel is pure bulk — grab a copy without thinking twice. Bulk commons with narrow synergy profiles don't tend to move unless a new counter commander spikes demand, so don't expect this to ever leave the bulk bin.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.