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Martyr's Cause

First printed in Urza's Legacy (1999)

All 2 prints

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  • The List (PLST) #ULG-13, 2019
  • Urza's Legacy (ULG) #13, 1999

Martyr's Cause

Enchantment

Sacrifice a creature: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to any target this turn, prevent that damage.

MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 0.0% of Commander decks played it (3 of 6150). Most played in Atla Palani, Nest Tender.

Combos

2 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Legality

Constructed

  • Standard Not legal
  • Pioneer Not legal
  • Modern Not legal
  • Legacy Legal
  • Vintage Legal
  • Pauper Not legal
  • Future Standard Not legal
  • Historic Not legal
  • Timeless Not legal
  • Alchemy Not legal
  • Penny Dreadful Not legal
  • Premodern Legal
  • Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

  • Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

  • Commander Legal
  • Duel Commander Legal
  • Pauper Commander Not legal
  • PreDH Legal
  • Tiny Leaders Legal
  • Oathbreaker Legal
  • Brawl Not legal
  • Standard Brawl Not legal
  • Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta
share of the archetype in the format
Play it
decks of the archetype that play this card
Together
decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift
how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Commander Other periods →

In 3 of 6150 decks (0.0%).

Share of decks
0.0%
= vs previous 30 days
2026-08-20: 0.0% 2026-08-27: 0.1% 2026-09-03: 0.1% 2026-09-10: 0.0% 2026-09-17: 0.0% 2026-09-24: 0.1% 2026-10-01: 0.1% 2026-10-08: 0.0% 2026-10-15: 0.1% 2026-10-22: 0.1%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
3
3 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
60%
2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Atla Palani, Nest Tender 0.0% 100%
Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal 0.0% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Bilbo's Gambit100%39.2
Altar of Dementia100%38.7
Ashnod's Altar100%36.6
Swords to Plowshares100%5.4
Urza's Saga100%4.1
Gleaming Splendor100%3.2
Smothering Tithe100%2.7
Silence100%2.2
Arid Mesa100%2.1
Bloodstained Mire100%2.0

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Atla Palani, Nest Tender
Jacob Bickel [Happy Birthday Shawn!] in Perfect Storm Comics & Games - Tabernacle 10K		 3-2
60%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Atla Palani, Nest Tender
Niles, 		1 main #3
2-2
Atla Palani, Nest Tender
Jacob Bickel [Happy Birthday Shawn!], 		1 main #6
3-2
Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal
Mohd Firdaus bin Mokhtar, 		1 main #79
0-3

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Duel Commander.