Soaring Hope
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, you gain 3 life.
Enchanted creature has flying.
: Put this Aura on top of its owner's library.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #26044
Soaring Hope gains you 7 life and draws a card for four mana at sorcery speed — a reasonable rate in a vacuum, but competitive Commander tables close out games before that life total matters. It's a bulk common for a reason: the effect is real, the speed is the problem.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Soaring Hope is a fringe inclusion for lifegain-matters decks — commanders like Oloro, Ageless Ascetic or Ariel, the Devoted that reward every point of life gained. Pauper is the format where Soaring Hope has the most room to breathe, since the card pool is constrained and a draw-plus-lifegain spell at common is worth considering in slower control shells. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the efficiency bar is simply too high. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: only run it if your planeswalker or signature spell specifically rewards the life gain trigger.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Soaring Hope is deep bulk — buy it out of a common box, not a singles site. Price is stable because demand is low and supply is effectively unlimited.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.