Virtuous Charge
Sorcery
Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $2.13
- EDHREC rank
- #30207
Virtuous Charge puts three +1/+1 counters on each creature you control at instant speed — in a wide board state, that's a game-ending pump for three mana. It's a haymaker finisher for counter-based go-wide strategies and earns its slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Virtuous Charge is a Commander card through and through — the more creatures you have, the more obscene the math gets, and token-heavy or counter-synergy decks can close games on the spot with it. In Pauper it's legal but the format's creature counts rarely scale wide enough to justify three mana for a one-shot pump over more efficient options. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; Virtuous Charge doesn't come close to the power threshold those formats demand. Oathbreaker is the other home worth noting, where a counters-matter signature spell or a go-wide planeswalker strategy can extract full value.
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Price Context
Current price
$2.13 cheap tier
At $2.13, Virtuous Charge sits at the low end of mythic pricing for a card with genuine closing power in its niche. It's a fair price — not a bargain bin staple, but nothing you'll regret spending on if your deck actually wants it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.