Thraben Charm
Instant
Choose one —
• Thraben Charm deals damage equal to twice the number of creatures you control to target creature.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Exile any number of target players' graveyards.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #3486
Thraben Charm is a flexible one-mana instant that exiles a card from a graveyard, destroys an artifact, or puts three 1/1 white Spirit tokens with flying onto the battlefield — three distinct answers on one card. The modal design means it's almost never dead, but none of its three modes is powerful enough to justify the slot in cutthroat builds.
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, Thraben Charm competes against cards that do one thing better: Nihil Spellbomb for graveyard hate, Disenchant for artifacts, and Raise the Alarm for token production — and each of those costs one mana or less. Thraben Charm earns its slot in White Weenie or go-wide token shells where the flexibility genuinely matters, especially under commanders like Adeline, Resplendent Cathar or Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver variants that run heavy artifact hate. In Pauper, the three-mode versatility is more meaningful since the card pool is narrower and a single spell pulling double duty has real value. Legacy and Vintage have access to far stronger options, so Thraben Charm is strictly a causal or budget choice in those formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Thraben Charm is firmly bulk — easy to pick up without a second thought. Price is stable and unlikely to move in either direction; it's the kind of card you throw in a precon upgrade and never think about again.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.