Wings of Hope
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+3 and has flying.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #28688
Wings of Hope gives a creature flying and +1/+3 until end of turn for one white-blue mana — a combat trick that pumps toughness more than power. It's a narrow instant that rarely makes the cut outside of dedicated spellslinger or heroic shells where the spell type itself does work.
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 |
In Commander, Wings of Hope is too low-impact to justify a slot — a one-shot stat boost on a single creature doesn't scale to four-player games where board states are complex and card advantage is everything. Pauper is the format where Wings of Hope has the most plausible home, specifically in white-blue tempo or heroic lists that want cheap instant-speed pump to trigger prowess-style abilities and win combat. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; nothing those formats care about involves this effect at this rate.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Wings of Hope is deep bulk — the kind of card that costs more to ship than to buy. Bulk commons don't appreciate, so there's no reason to stock up beyond the copies you actually need.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.