Scale Blessing
Instant
Bolster 1, then put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it. (To bolster 1, choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Double Masters 2022
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #21856
Scale Blessing puts a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it — in the right deck, that's a board-wide doubling effect stapled to a scry 1 for three mana. It's narrow but decisive: outside a counters-matter shell it does nothing, inside one it ends games.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Scale Blessing is a Commander card through and through — the format's longer games and token-heavy, synergy-driven tables give it room to matter, and Proliferate or +1/+1 counter commanders turn it into a one-sided Overrun on a cheap instant. In Modern and Pioneer it's unplayable competitively; the card requires a board already loaded with counters to do anything, and those formats punish three-mana setup spells that don't immediately stabilize or win. Legacy and Vintage lists have no interest either — the power ceiling is simply too low for those environments. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's logic, so the same counters-matter planeswalkers that want this effect make it viable there too.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Scale Blessing is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card with a real ceiling in the right deck. Bulk rares with narrow but powerful upsides tend to stay cheap indefinitely, so there's no urgency either way; just pick up a copy when you're already placing an order.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.