Worship
Enchantment
If you control a creature, damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- special
- Set
- Amonkhet Invocations
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #11815
Worship keeps you alive at 1 life as long as you control a creature — one enchantment completely rewrites what opponents need to kill you. The catch is that it does nothing until you're already under pressure, and a single Wrath resolving before the damage kills you leaves you wide open; pair it with Arcbond or Darien, King of Kjeldor to turn that survival floor into an active engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Darien, King of Kjeldor
Darien, King of Kjeldor turns every damage source into a Soldier factory, and Worship sets the floor so that damage never actually kills you — the two cards together create a loop where opponents are incentivized to stop attacking entirely, yet any damage they do deal just grows your board.
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 |
In Commander, Worship is a pillow-fort staple that punches above its four-mana cost because the format's reliance on combat and big spell damage makes the 'can't go below 1' clause almost impossible to race without enchantment removal. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage all have it legal, but the faster those formats are, the narrower its window — you need a creature in play by the time aggro kills you, which is no guarantee at those speeds. It sees fringe play in white creature combo shells where surviving a single turn creates a loop win, but it's not a staple in any 60-card format. Commander is where Worship earns its slot, particularly in token or lifegain builds that can keep a creature on the table reliably.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data isn't available in the system, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. Worship has been reprinted enough times that copies are generally accessible without a premium — but confirm before assuming it's a bulk pickup.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.