Tolls of War
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters, create a Clue token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice a permanent during your turn, create a 1/1 white Ally creature token. This ability triggers only once each turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #16382
Tolls of War hits every opponent's weakest creature and forces each player to sacrifice one — a board-wide edict effect that dodges hexproof and indestructible by letting opponents make the choice badly. The cost is real: it's a sorcery that does nothing if your opponents have no creatures, so you need a token-heavy or creature-dense meta to justify the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch generates a steady stream of tokens from opponent life loss, and Tolls of War turns those board states into sacrifice pressure — clear their best threat while Teysa's engine keeps the board advantage tilted your way.
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan cares about creatures dying across all zones, so Tolls of War acts as a forced sacrifice trigger that fuels Felothar's graveyard recursion and value generation without requiring you to attack into blockers.
Minthara, Merciless Soul
Minthara, Merciless Soul rewards you for opponents losing creatures, and Tolls of War delivers exactly that — one forced sacrifice per opponent on your schedule, stacking triggers and keeping Minthara's payoffs online every turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Tolls of War is a Commander card through and through — the three-opponent math turns a single spell into triple the pressure, and the forced-sacrifice angle is most punishing in a format where one player can go wide while others sit vulnerable. In Modern and Pioneer it competes against faster, more targeted removal and rarely makes the cut outside niche aristocrats shells that need a fourth or fifth edict effect. Legacy and Vintage have access to strictly better disruptive tools, so Tolls of War never sees play there. Standard is where it has the most theoretical space as a sideboard answer to token decks, but even there the four-mana sorcery speed is a liability. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Tolls of War is deep bulk — pick it up without thinking twice if the effect fits your deck. Bulk rares with narrow but real applications tend to stay in this range unless a high-profile commander pushes demand, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.