Dawn of Hope

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Dawn of Hope: Enchantment, Starter Commander Decks. Whenever you gain life, you may pay 2. If you do, draw a card. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{W}
Mana value
2
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
White (W)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Starter Commander Decks (SCD)
Released
2022-12-02
Collector number
17
Artist
Sung Choi
Commander rank
2,413 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Dawn of Hope

Dawn of Hope is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white enchantment from Starter Commander Decks (SCD), a Commander product released in December 2022. It is collector number 17 in that set, with art by Sung Choi. 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, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Guilds of Ravnica (2018) to Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.52 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {2}. If you do, draw a card.

{3}{W}: Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token with lifelink.

"To wage war, secure peace within yourself." -Emmara

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.52 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Dawn of Hope by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Dawn of Hope

Dawn of Hope has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales (WOT) #2Rare2023
The List (PLST) #GRN-8Rare2023
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #164Rare2023
Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #169Rare2022
Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #8Rare2018
Guilds of Ravnica Promos (PGRN) #8pRare2018
Guilds of Ravnica Promos (PGRN) #8sRare2018

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Dawn of Hope, newest first.

  • Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, Dawn of Hope's ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, planeswalkers, and/or battles at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.
  • You can't pay {2} multiple times to draw more than one card each time you resolve Dawn of Hope's triggered ability.
  • If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something, that life is gained as one event and Dawn of Hope's first ability triggers only once.
  • Dawn of Hope's first ability triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it's 1 life from Vicious Rumors or 3 life from Creeping Chill.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause the ability to trigger, even though it caused your team's life total to increase.

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