Stand Firm
Instant
Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Heroes vs. Monsters
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #25092
Stand Firm protects a creature from removal while cantripping — one mana to blank a kill spell and replace itself is a clean exchange at instant speed. It's a staple in any white deck that wants to keep a key creature alive without losing card equity.
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, Stand Firm earns its slot in voltron or go-wide decks where protecting one creature changes the game — losing your commander to a Path to Exile with a full grip is a tempo disaster Stand Firm prevents cleanly. In Pauper, it sees play in white aggro shells where one-mana interaction that replaces itself is the exact rate the format demands. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for reactive one-mana protection to matter much, but the cantrip means running it is never a dead inclusion in fringe white creature builds. Modern has better options in most archetypes, though budget-minded Bogles-adjacent strategies will take the free scry-1 and card replacement without complaint.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Stand Firm is firmly bulk — pick up a playset for the cost of a single draft pick. Bulk commons that cantrip rarely spike unless a deck breaks them in a competitive format, so don't expect movement, but there's also no reason not to own a fistful of copies.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.