Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty

Enchantment // Instant — Adventure

At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Untap those creatures.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{W}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
mythic
Set
Wilds of Eldraine Promos
Price
$8.57
EDHREC rank
#2382
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Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty card art
Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty hits the board as a repeatable anthem that grows your entire team at end of combat while leaving behind a 2/2 on the way in — the adventure half means you're never just casting a five-mana enchantment with no immediate effect. Commanders like Gorion, Wise Mentor that copy adventure spells make the floor even higher, and Weaver of Harmony can copy the enchantment's triggered ability for a second round of counters.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Gorion, Wise Mentor

Gorion, Wise Mentor

61.3% of decks · synergy 0.59

Gorion, Wise Mentor copies the Ardenvale Fealty adventure when you cast it, which means you get two 2/2 Knights before Virtue of Loyalty even enters — that's two bodies plus a combat anthem for five mana, and Gorion's copy trigger makes Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty a near-automatic inclusion at over 60% of lists.

02

Dion, Bahamut's Dominant

55.7% of decks · synergy 0.52

Dion, Bahamut's Dominant cares about having a wide, powered-up board, and Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty provides both the anthem trigger each combat and a free creature on entry — the combination of token generation and +1/+1 counter distribution fits Dion's scaling gameplan precisely.

03
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

28.5% of decks · synergy 0.27

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir builds around Knights, so Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty is pulling triple duty: the adventure creates a Knight token immediately, the enchantment pumps the whole tribal board at end of combat, and counters stack on the creatures Jabari sends swinging.

04
Felisa, Fang of Silverquill

Felisa, Fang of Silverquill

18.6% of decks · synergy 0.17

Felisa, Fang of Silverquill generates tokens when creatures with counters die, so Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty's end-of-combat trigger that loads +1/+1 counters onto attackers directly fuels Felisa's engine — the more counters distributed, the more tokens Felisa can produce when those creatures are removed.

05
Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon

Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon

13.9% of decks · synergy 0.12

Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon floods the board with tokens during combat, and Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty's end-of-combat trigger then places a +1/+1 counter on each of those attacking creatures, turning a wide swarm of X/1s into a progressively more dangerous army over successive turns.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty earns its slot in any white token or go-wide deck that can reliably attack — five mana is a real ask, but the adventure half guarantees you're ahead on board the turn you cast it, and the enchantment's upside compounds with every combat. In competitive Commander it's too slow and too reliant on sustained attacks, but at mid-power tables it's a legitimate threat. In Pioneer and Modern it's a fringe option in token-based white aggro, where the adventure's 2/2 can apply early pressure and the enchantment closes games, though both formats have faster, more efficient payoffs. In Legacy and Vintage the card is legal but effectively irrelevant — five mana is a format lifetime in those environments.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Intangible Virtue covers the anthem half for a single mana and is under $1, though it only pumps tokens and provides no built-in body. Beastmaster Ascension is another sub-$1 option that can outpace Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty in pure damage output once online, but it lacks the per-combat counter distribution and the immediate board presence the adventure provides — if your deck needs both a token on entry and a scaling anthem, neither budget option fully replicates the package.

Price Context

Current price

$8.57 mid tier

At $8.57, Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty sits in the mid tier — justified by its 60%+ inclusion rate in Gorion, Wise Mentor lists and consistent demand across several popular token commanders. It's not a card you'd expect to crater in price, but it's also not a scarce mythic; if demand softens with new printings, $5–6 is a plausible floor.

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