Spirit of Resilience
Creature — Spirit Warrior
Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then you may have this creature become a copy of an artifact or creature card from among those cards until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #15585
Spirit of Resilience puts a free 1/1 Spirit token on the board every time an enchantment enters under your control — a constant, low-tax engine that compounds fast in the right shell. Quintorius, History Chaser is the clearest home, but any enchantment-heavy white deck turns this into a passive token factory that demands an answer.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Quintorius, History Chaser
Quintorius, History Chaser triggers off spells cast from outside your hand, and the enchantments that tend to fill those graveyard-loop lines trigger Spirit of Resilience on the way in — so a single recursive loop generates both a Quintorius ping and a Spirit token simultaneously, doubling the pressure per 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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Spirit of Resilience is a Commander card through and through — the token payoff scales with the density of enchantments you're already running, and 100-card decks built around enchantress strategies or graveyard loops give it the fuel it needs. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes for slots against faster, more self-sufficient threats, and the token-generation payoff doesn't offset the tempo cost in those formats. Commander is where Spirit of Resilience earns its place: low mana investment, persistent value generation, and a body that stacks with token doublers and aristocrats finishers.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Spirit of Resilience is deep bulk — you can pick up a copy without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow synergy profiles rarely climb unless a marquee commander pushes them, so treat it as a free include, not a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.