Enduring Vitality has been breaking out in the Standard format. Ever since the card’s appearance in the Temur Prowess deck at the 2024 World Championships, players have been taking notice. While many are having fun and creating decent results with the strategy, it didn’t do all that well at the World Championships. Regardless of this, Enduring Vitality has had a spotlight shone on it. As a result, the card is getting snatched up on the secondary market.
The Combo
Enduring Vitality lets all of your creatures tap for mana, including itself, barring they don’t have summoning sickness. Killing the enchantment creature doesn’t stop this effect from lingering, either. Like all the Enduring creatures from Duskmourn, you need to get rid of Enduring Vitality twice to get rid of its effect.
How does this create an infinite combo in Temur Prowess? That’s thanks to Valley Floodcaller. This three-mana creature has some serious Jeskai Ascendancy vibes. Every time you cast a noncreature spell, Valley Floodcaller buffs your Otters, Rats, Frogs, and Birds and then untaps them. If you have Enduring Vitality in play, those creatures can tap for mana.
With enough creatures in play, and spells to cast, this essentially gives you infinite mana. If you have Stormchaser’s Talent, Up the Beanstalk and This Town Ain’t Big Enough, then your creatures get infinitely big, while you draw infinite cards. Song of Totentanz is the key to giving your creatures Haste, as well as turning your mana into a win condition.
Thanks to this combo shining a light on Enduring Vitality, the card has seen an impressive price spike since the end of September. Worth $2.71 at its recent nadir, Enduring Vitality is currently selling for about $5.50 on average. Prices range quite heavily between individual purchases.
Because Enduring Vitality has some incredibly rare variants, prices vary heavily between them. The most expensive variant for this card, an extremely rare Fracture Foil only available in Collector Boosters, costs over $100. Showcase variants of the card with anime artwork cost about $16.
Enduring Vitality in Commander
Getting access to another Crypotlith Rite effect in Commander is valuable for some generals. Enduring Vitality is particularly disgusting in Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy EDH decks. Kiora doubles the mana that Enduring Vitality can generate by tapping creatures, easily taking over the game in the blink of an eye. Emmara, Soul of the Accord is another decent Commander deck for Enduring Vitality. Since you can tap Emmara for mana, you can start creating tokens without attacking with your Commander and putting it at risk.
A bunch of newer Commanders are picking up Enduring Vitality, as well. Rip, Spawn Hunter loves Enduring Vitality. Similar to Emmara, you can tap Rip without attacking with him, keeping him safe while generating a lot of card advantage.
Rendmaw, Creaking Nest also loves Enduring Vitality. The card has two creature types which triggers the creature. Because Enduring Vitality does come back should it get killed, it can even trigger Rendmaw twice. The card could also see play in Black Panther, Wakandan King decks since you want to go wide with tokens.
All in all, Enduring Vitality looks great in Commander and Standard. Don’t be fooled, though. Temur Prowess has simply shone a light on the card, giving it some attention. This spike is likely a flash in the pan considering that the card, while good in two formats, is not leading them.
