Blessed Alliance
Blessed Alliance: Instant, Eldritch Moon. Escalate 2. Choose one or more - • Target player gains 4 life. • Untap up to two target creatures. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Eldritch Moon (EMN)
- Released
- 2016-07-22
- Collector number
- 13
- Artist
- Johann Bodin
- Commander rank
- 17,031 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Escalate
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About Blessed Alliance
Blessed Alliance is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white instant from Eldritch Moon (EMN), an expansion set released in July 2016. It is collector number 13 in that set, with art by Johann Bodin. It costs {1}{W} (one generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Eldritch Moon (2016) to Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Escalate {2} (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or more -
• Target player gains 4 life.
• Untap up to two target creatures.
• Target opponent sacrifices an attacking creature of their choice.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.22 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Blessed Alliance by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Blessed Alliance
Blessed Alliance has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR) #14 | Uncommon | 2023 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Blessed Alliance, newest first.
- If one target of an escalate spell becomes illegal, the other targets will still be affected. If all of the targets become illegal, the spell won’t resolve.
- You can’t choose any one mode multiple times.
- Additional costs don’t affect a spell’s mana value.
- You choose all of your modes at once. You can’t wait to perform one mode’s actions and then decide to choose more modes.
- Effects that reduce the cost of spells reduce the total cost, including any escalate costs added.
- Untapping an attacking creature doesn’t cause it to be removed from combat.
- If two of the chosen modes of an escalate spell target a creature, you may choose the same creature for each mode’s target, or choose different creatures. The same is true if the chosen modes target a player (or opponent).
- The targeted opponent chooses which of their attacking creatures to sacrifice, not you.
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