Blessed Respite
Blessed Respite: Instant, Modern Horizons 2. Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2 (MH2)
- Released
- 2021-06-18
- Collector number
- 150
- Artist
- Kim Sokol
- Commander rank
- 3,762 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Blessed Respite
Blessed Respite is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon green instant from Modern Horizons 2 (MH2), a draft-focused set released in June 2021. It is collector number 150 in that set, with art by Kim Sokol. It costs {1}{G} (one generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Modern Horizons 2 is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.35 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
"Water the soil with blood, if you must. Eventually it must be tilled with forgiveness." -Greensleeves
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.35 (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 Respite by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Blessed Respite, newest first.
- You may cast Blessed Respite even if there are no cards in the target player's graveyard. If you do, they will still shuffle their library and combat damage will still be prevented.
- If you target yourself with Blessed Respite, it will not be shuffled into your library. It will go to your graveyard after it resolves.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these card lists
These card lists include Blessed Respite.