Vow of Lightning
Commander Anthology 89 • uncommon
- Set
- Commander Anthology
- Collector number
- 89
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Svetlin Velinov
- Market price
- $0.26
What it does
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2, has first strike, and can't attack you or planeswalkers you control.
"Ruhan would never agree to such terms."— Ruhan of the Fomori
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Vow of Lightning was first printed in the Commander 2011 product line, designed to expand the popular multiplayer Commander format. The card belongs to the 'Vow' cycle of enchantments, which serve as political tools in a game. By buffing a creature while preventing it from attacking the owner, the card encourages players to steer threats toward their opponents, embodying the social, table-top nature of the format.
The art for this specific printing, featured in the 2017 Commander Anthology collection, captures the dynamic, elemental intensity central to red-aligned magic. The illustration emphasizes a surge of energy manifesting as a vow, a common motif in Magic: The Gathering where magical effects are given physical weight through high-fantasy imagery. Its inclusion in the Anthology set provided players with a reliable, thematic reprint that helped solidify the card as a staple for aggressive, politically-minded Commander decks.
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