Wedding Invitation

Artifact

When this artifact enters, draw a card.
{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature can't be blocked this turn. If it's a Vampire, it also gains lifelink until end of turn.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{2}
Color identity
C
Rarity
common
Set
Innistrad: Crimson Vow
Price
$0.32
EDHREC rank
#8109
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Wedding Invitation card art
Wedding Invitation gives a creature unblockable and draws you a card for two mana — that's a full card of value stapled to a combat trick. Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender runs it as a natural fit: the unblockable clause pushes commander damage through, and the draw replaces the Invitation immediately.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender

Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender

20.8% of decks · synergy 0.20

Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender is the premier home for Wedding Invitation — the card replaces itself, and making a Ginger unblockable for one attack is often enough to close a game on commander damage.

02
Lyse Hext

Lyse Hext

18.7% of decks · synergy 0.18

Lyse Hext cares about artifacts entering and leaving the battlefield, and Wedding Invitation is a cheap, self-sacrificing artifact that draws a card on the way out — exactly the kind of low-cost trigger fodder the deck wants.

03
Olivia, Crimson Bride

Olivia, Crimson Bride

15.9% of decks · synergy 0.15

Wedding Invitation is a Vampire-adjacent flavor inclusion that does real work in Olivia, Crimson Bride builds: the unblockable clause lets Olivia connect reliably when you need to push through a stalled board, and the draw keeps momentum.

04
Squall, SeeD Mercenary

Squall, SeeD Mercenary

15.3% of decks · synergy 0.14

Squall, SeeD Mercenary decks lean on equipment and cheap artifacts to enable their gameplan, and Wedding Invitation slots in as a one-shot unblockable enabler that draws a card — low cost, no dead-draw ceiling.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Wedding Invitation is a Commander card through and through — the self-replacing unblockable effect is most relevant when one creature connecting means a kill, which is the commander-damage context almost exclusively. In Pauper it's legal but outclassed by cheaper unblockable effects and auras that don't cost two mana to equip. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage have no interest in a two-mana sorcery-speed combat trick, regardless of the draw. Stick to Commander.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.32 bulk tier

At $0.32, Wedding Invitation is bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that does exactly what it says. Bulk artifacts at this price point don't tend to spike unless a new commander creates a sudden demand spike, so grab copies whenever you're placing an order and need to hit a minimum.

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