Samite Sanctuary
Enchantment
: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. Any player may activate this ability.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Prophecy
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #29263
Samite Sanctuary redirects damage from creatures to their controllers, turning your opponents' boards into liabilities every time they take a hit. The effect is real, but three mana for an enchantment that does nothing the turn it enters and requires a board state to matter is a steep ask.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Samite Sanctuary has any practical home, and even there it sits in a narrow lane — pillow-fort and group-slug decks that want to punish creatures for existing. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; the effect is far too slow and conditional for those formats. In Commander, the three-mana enchantment competes with effects that do more immediately, so it tends to show up only in dedicated damage-redirection builds rather than as a general-purpose inclusion.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Samite Sanctuary is deep bulk — the price reflects niche demand and nothing more. It won't climb unless a high-profile commander specifically enables it, so don't treat the copy in your binder as a sleeper.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.