Spirit Bonds
Enchantment
Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, you may pay 
. If you do, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
, Sacrifice a Spirit: Target non-Spirit creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic 2015
- Price
- $0.43
- EDHREC rank
- #11466
Spirit Bonds generates a stream of 1/1 flying Spirit tokens every time you cast a nontoken creature, then lets you pay one white mana to make any nontoken creature indestructible until end of turn — two relevant abilities for one two-mana enchantment. Sephara, Sky's Blade decks run it because the tokens feed her cost reduction and the indestructible clause protects her from the removal that would otherwise end the game.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sephara, Sky's Blade
Sephara, Sky's Blade can be cast by tapping four flying creatures instead of paying her seven-mana cost, and Spirit Bonds produces those flyers automatically as you develop your board — every creature spell is also half a Sephara discount. Once Sephara is out, the indestructible ability keeps her safe from targeted removal for a single white mana, which is exactly the protection a seven-mana investment demands.
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 |
Spirit Bonds is a Commander card through and through — its value compounds over a long game with many creature casts, and the indestructible ability is most relevant when you have a single high-value creature worth protecting. In competitive formats like Modern and Legacy, two mana for an enchantment that produces 1/1s only when you cast other creatures is simply too slow and too conditional against efficient interaction. Pioneer is in the same boat: the card requires a creature-dense deck running enough nontoken creatures to make the token production meaningful, and that slot competes with payoffs that win faster. Oathbreaker offers a slightly friendlier environment if your signature spell is creature-adjacent, but Spirit Bonds still shines brightest in 100-card pods where the game goes long enough for the engine to pay out.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.43 bulk tier
At $0.43, Spirit Bonds sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a dollar bin. Bulk enchantments with narrow homes don't typically climb in price, so treat it as a cheap role-player rather than anything to stockpile.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.