Ward of Piety
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to enchanted creature this turn is dealt to any target instead.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #29397
Ward of Piety redirects any single spell or ability targeting a creature you control to something else — at instant speed, for one white mana and a life payment. It's reactive protection that scales with how badly your opponent wants a target dead, not a passive ward trigger they can pay around.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ward of Piety sees essentially zero play in Legacy, Modern, or Vintage — formats where tempo is everything and one white mana plus life loss attached to a non-permanent effect is a losing trade against Force of Will or fatal spells that resolve before you can respond. Commander is where Ward of Piety finds its ceiling, specifically in decks that invest heavily in a single creature: Voltron commanders, combo pieces that need to survive a single removal spell, or life-total-matters builds where the life payment is incidental. Even there, it competes with hexproof and indestructible as more permanent solutions, so it earns its slot mainly as a redundant layer in decks that truly cannot afford to lose one specific creature.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Ward of Piety is deep bulk — exactly the kind of card you grab as a throw-in and never think about again. The price reflects its narrow demand; don't expect movement unless a prominent Voltron or protection-tribal Commander build pushes it into broader circulation.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.