Silken Strength
Enchantment — Aura
Flash
Enchant creature or Vehicle
When this Aura enters, untap enchanted permanent.
Enchanted permanent gets +1/+2 and has reach.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #17654
Silken Strength is a one-mana instant that draws a card and gives a creature +2/+2 until end of turn — cantripping combat tricks are rare enough that the floor is always acceptable. It's not a format staple, but in Spider or Insect tribal shells that want cheap interaction and card flow, it earns its slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Silken Strength is niche: the +2/+2 pump rarely decides games at a table of four, so you're running it because the cantrip makes it free in tribal decks built around Spiders or Insects. In Pauper, cantripping combat tricks have a real ceiling — the format is tempo-driven and replacing itself matters — though Silken Strength competes with more universally useful options like Mutagenic Growth. In broader constructed formats like Modern or Pioneer, it doesn't clear the bar; a one-mana trick needs to threaten a blowout, and +2/+2 without trample or other rider rarely does that.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Silken Strength is deep bulk — you're never paying a meaningful premium for it. The price is stable in the way all bulk commons are stable: it won't spike without a tribal payoff printing that suddenly makes Spider or Insect decks competitive, and that's a narrow path.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.