Teferi's Moat

Enchantment

As this enchantment enters, choose a color.
Creatures of the chosen color without flying can't attack you.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{W}{U}
Color identity
UW
Rarity
special
Set
Time Spiral Timeshifted
Price
$0.85
EDHREC rank
#18402
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Teferi's Moat card art
Teferi's Moat shuts down an entire color's worth of attackers the turn it resolves — no combat damage from creatures of the chosen color, no questions asked. The five-mana cost is the ceiling on where this fits, but pair it with Painter's Servant and you've locked every creature off combat at once.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Commander is where Teferi's Moat earns its keep — five mana is trivial by turn four in most pods, and naming the dominant threat color at your table buys multiple turns of breathing room. In Legacy and Vintage the card sees essentially no play; the formats are too fast and too interactive for a five-mana enchantment that doesn't end the game. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home given the lower power ceiling, but the same principle applies: it has to stall long enough to matter.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.85 bulk tier

At $0.85, Teferi's Moat is firmly bulk — no reason to hesitate on a copy if it fits the build. The price is stable and unlikely to move without a reprint spike or sudden combo discovery.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.