Humility
Humility: Enchantment, Tempest. All creatures lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 1/1. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}{W}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Tempest (TMP)
- Released
- 1997-10-14
- Collector number
- 24
- Artist
- Phil Foglio
- Reserved List
- Yes
About Humility
Humility is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white enchantment from Tempest (TMP), an expansion set released in October 1997. It is collector number 24 in that set, with art by Phil Foglio. It costs {2}{W}{W} (two generic and two white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It is banned in Duel Commander. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Tempest (1997) to Tempest Remastered (2015). It is on the Reserved List. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $62.90 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-18).
Card text
All creatures lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 1/1.
"One cannot cleanse the wounds of failure." -Karn, silver golem
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $62.90 (as of 2026-10-18).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Humility by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Banned |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Humility
Humility has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tempest Remastered (TPR) #16 | Mythic | 2015 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Humility, newest first.
- This is the current interaction between Humility and Opalescence: The type-changing effect applies at layer 4, but the rest happens in the applicable layers. The rest of it will apply even if the permanent loses its ability before it's finished applying. So if Opalescence, Humility, and Worship are on the battlefield and Opalescence entered before Humility, the following is true: Layer 4: Humility and Worship each become creatures that are still enchantments. (Opalescence). Layer 6: Humility and Worship each lose their abilities. (Humility) Layer 7b: Humility becomes 4/4 and Worship becomes 4/4. (Opalescence). Humility becomes 1/1 and Worship becomes 1/1 (Humility). But if Humility entered before Opalescence, the following is true: Layer 4: Humility and Worship each become creatures that are still enchantments (Opalescence). Layer 6: Humility and Worship each lose their abilities (Humility). Layer 7b: Humility becomes 1/1 and Worship becomes 1/1 (Humility). Humility becomes 4/4 and Worship becomes 4/4 (Opalescence).
- Removes all creature abilities. This includes mana abilities. Animated lands will also lose the ability to tap for mana.
- With a Humility and two Opalescences on the battlefield, if Humility has the latest timestamp, then all creatures are 1/1 with no abilities. If the timestamp order is Opalescence, Humility, Opalescence, the second Opalescence is 1/1, and the Humility and first Opalescence are 4/4. If Humility has the earliest timestamp, then everything is 4/4.
Similar cards
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