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Words of War

Enchantment

{1}: The next time you would draw a card this turn, this enchantment deals 2 damage to any target instead.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Onslaught
Price
$0.60
EDHREC rank
#23116
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Words of War card art
Words of War converts each draw replacement into 2 damage to any target — creatures, planeswalkers, players, faces — which makes it a legitimate kill condition in any deck that draws dozens of cards per turn. The two-mana enchantment is a staple in Niv-Mizzet, Visionary pings-and-draws shells precisely because the damage stacks fast enough to end games before opponents can answer it.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Words of War lives almost entirely in Commander, where engines that draw four or more cards in a single turn make its damage output absurd rather than incremental. Legacy and Vintage are legal homes on paper, but neither format has a shell that wants a slow enchantment-based damage outlet when faster win conditions exist. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 60-card adjacent format where Words of War is worth considering, specifically under a draw-heavy spellslinger planeswalker. Everywhere else it's banned or simply outclassed.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.60 bulk tier

At $0.60, Words of War sits in bulk territory despite being a genuine combo piece in the right shell. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to spike dramatically outside a high-profile deck feature, so picking up copies now is low-risk for anyone building around it.

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