Spear of Heliod
Legendary Enchantment Artifact
Creatures you control get +1/+1.
, 
: Destroy target creature that dealt damage to you this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Theros
- Price
- $2.02
- EDHREC rank
- #4992
Spear of Heliod puts a permanent +1/+1 anthem on the board for three mana — relevant the turn it lands — and backs it up with a repeatable removal threat that taxes opponents who swing into your team. The activation cost is steep enough that it rarely fires, but the anthem is the reason you're here, and Jasmine Boreal of the Seven in particular leans on it to make her vanilla creatures actually threatening.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven runs creatures with no abilities by design, so Spear of Heliod is pure upside — it pumps the whole board without adding any text to the creatures that would break Jasmine's synergy package.
Alela, Artful Provocateur
Alela, Artful Provocateur floods the board with 1/1 Faerie tokens, and Spear of Heliod turns that wide army into a legitimate damage clock while the retaliatory tap ability discourages opponents from chump-blocking into it.
Daxos the Returned
Daxos the Returned generates Spirit tokens whose power and toughness scale with experience counters, and Spear of Heliod stacks on top of that scaling to push lethal faster while also fitting the enchantment-heavy shell Daxos wants.
Iroas, God of Victory
Iroas, God of Victory already makes your attackers harder to block profitably, and Spear of Heliod raises the floor on every attacker's stats so the math gets even uglier for opponents trying to defend.
Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar rewards going wide on opponents' turns, and Spear of Heliod ensures every creature joining that attack hits harder — the anthem effect compounds quickly when you're generating multiple attackers per combat.
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 |
Commander is where Spear of Heliod actually earns its slot — token and go-wide strategies are common enough that a three-mana anthem with upside fits cleanly into a wide range of white and multicolor lists. In competitive constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer, it's legal but essentially absent: three mana for a static +1/+1 is well below rate when Intangible Virtue and Honor of the Pure do the same or more for less. Legacy and Vintage are even less relevant — those formats either ignore creature combat entirely or win before a three-drop enchantment matters. Oathbreaker gives it a potential home in the same wide-board shells that use it in Commander. Stick to Commander; everywhere else it's outclassed.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.02 cheap tier
At $2.02, Spear of Heliod sits firmly in the budget tier — cheap enough to slot into any white commander deck without a second thought. It's a casual staple with a stable price, so don't expect it to move much in either direction.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.