Sluggishness
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't block.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #20400
Sluggishness locks a creature out of attacking or blocking for one turn at instant speed — a tempo play, not a permanent answer. It's a narrow effect, and outside of niche synergies like Mycosynth Lattice enabling artifact-matters payoffs, it rarely earns a slot over a hard removal spell.
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, Sluggishness is too low-impact to justify a slot — one creature, one turn, no lasting board presence gained. Pauper is where Sluggishness finds the most traction, since the common card pool rewards cheap instant-speed interaction that can buy a critical attack step or protect a key blocker. Legacy and Vintage are both technically legal, but neither format has any interest in a single-target tap effect at this power level.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Mycosynth LatticeKrark-Clan IronworksSluggishness
Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Sluggishness is deep bulk — buy it without thinking about cost, but don't expect that price to move. There's no competitive demand propping it up, so it stays at the floor indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.