Sacred Rites
Instant
Discard any number of cards. Creatures you control get +0/+1 until end of turn for each card discarded this way.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #25264
Sacred Rites gives your whole team +0/+1 until end of turn for a single white mana and a discard — cheap toughness boost, narrow application. It's a combat trick looking for a very specific home, and most decks never find it.
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, Sacred Rites is a niche piece in Doran or Arcades lists where toughness matters offensively — outside those commanders it has almost no home. Legacy and Vintage are legal but wouldn't touch it; combat tricks that require a discard can't compete at those power levels. Pauper is where the card at least has theoretical space, though aggro and control both have better options. The honest read: Sacred Rites is a Commander-only card, and even there it earns a slot in exactly two archetypes.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Sacred Rites is deep bulk — the price reflects demand, which is minimal. It won't lose value because there's essentially nowhere to go from here, but there's no reason to speculate on copies either.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.