War Dance
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on this enchantment.
Sacrifice this enchantment: Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of verse counters on this enchantment.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #27469
War Dance drops a stackable +1/+1 counter on a target creature at the beginning of each combat, turning any creature-heavy board into a snowballing threat over the course of a game. The cost is real — you need multiple creatures to justify the enchantment slot, and it does nothing the turn it resolves.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where War Dance lives, specifically in go-wide or counters-matter shells that can exploit the cumulative buff across multiple combat steps in a single turn cycle. The card is legal in Legacy and Vintage, but neither format has patience for a slow enchantment that requires board presence to generate value. Oathbreaker is a theoretical home, but the compressed game length undercuts the snowball plan. Stick to Commander, and specifically to commanders who either generate multiple combats or care about +1/+1 counters.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, War Dance is bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a niche enchantment that earns its slot only in specific counters or go-wide builds. Bulk rares stay bulk; don't expect movement unless a future commander makes the effect suddenly ubiquitous.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.