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Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze

Enchantment // Instant — Adventure

Whenever a source you control deals noncombat damage to an opponent, you may exile that many cards from the top of your library. You may play those cards this turn.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
mythic
Set
Wilds of Eldraine Promos
Price
$1.92
EDHREC rank
#3802
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Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze card art
Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze turns every spell you exile — whether from impulse draw, cascade, or exile-based card advantage — into a free mana neutral play, which is exactly the kind of redundancy red decks need to sustain a threat chain. Laelia, the Blade Reforged and Beluna Grandsquall both run it at high rates because the enchantment rewards the same exile-from-top behavior their commanders are already generating.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Beluna Grandsquall

42.1% of decks · synergy 0.41

Beluna Grandsquall cascades repeatedly, and Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze turns every cascaded spell into a bonus draw trigger — the engine essentially gives you card advantage for doing what the deck already wants to do.

02
Imodane, the Pyrohammer

Imodane, the Pyrohammer

33.1% of decks · synergy 0.29

Imodane, the Pyrohammer wants to sling single-target burn spells as often as possible, and Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze refuels each cast so the deck never runs dry mid-game.

03

Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might

32.1% of decks · synergy 0.28

Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might amplifies every non-combat damage ping to at least four, and Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze chains those spells together by replacing each one the moment it resolves.

04

Urabrask

32.6% of decks · synergy 0.28

Urabrask gives every player impulse draw on upkeep, but only Urabrask's controller can cash in exiled cards with permanents like Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze, turning the symmetry sharply asymmetric.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze is a role-player rather than a staple — it belongs specifically in red decks that exile cards naturally through impulse draw, cascade, or adventure mechanics, and it's dead weight in anything else. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, the enchantment is too slow and too conditional; red decks there want immediate card advantage, not a five-mana setup that asks you to keep casting spells to break even. Legacy and Vintage have access to faster engines that make five mana redundant. Standard and Oathbreaker are the formats where it sees the most casual experimentation, since the powered-up Embereth Blaze adventure side offers a reasonable floor when the enchantment isn't worth casting.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$1.92 cheap tier

At $1.92, Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze sits at the low end of the cheap tier, which is appropriate for a card with narrow appeal but real ceiling in the right shell. The price is unlikely to move much — it's not a universal staple, but the decks that want it will keep steady demand from players building Beluna or Urabrask lists.

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