Bastion of Remembrance
Enchantment
Why Play Bastion of Remembrance
Aristocrats and sacrifice-based strategies want this enchantment as a reliable source of incremental value that's difficult for opponents to remove. The immediate 1/1 token provides fodder for your own sacrifice outlets while ensuring you get at least one death trigger even if opponents destroy the enchantment quickly. Playing it on turn three sets up powerful turns four and five where you can sacrifice multiple creatures for massive life swings, making it particularly effective against aggressive decks that struggle to race the consistent life gain.Format Notes
Commander remains its strongest format, where the multiplayer nature amplifies the life drain effect and games last long enough for the value to accumulate significantly. Pioneer and Historic aristocrats decks occasionally include it as a resilient engine piece that dodges creature removal. While legal in older formats, the higher power level and faster pace of Modern and Legacy generally push it out of competitive consideration.Combos & Synergies
Witch's Oven creates a repeatable sacrifice engine with any creature, generating consistent life swings each turn. Cruel Celebrant doubles up on the death payoffs, creating a devastating combination where each creature death costs opponents 2 life while you gain 2. Zulaport Cutthroat provides similar redundancy, and having multiple enchantment-based payoffs makes your strategy more resilient to removal while threatening explosive turns with mass sacrifice effects.Featured in These Decks
- Squirreled Away Commander
- Scions & Spellcraft (FINAL FANTASY XIV) Commander
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- Mardu Surge Commander
- Hail, Caesar Commander
- Endless Punishment Commander
