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Last updated on November 14, 2025 Cultist of the Absolute | Illustration by Artur Treffner Enchantments are pervasive in Magic: The Gathering as permanents that consistently give you extra benefits when they stay on the battlefield

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Giving players a choice between two spells on one card decreases the variance in a similar way, and Valki, God of Lies is a great example

Youll play it to protect your commander, your creatures, or just all your permanents from a wrath effect and more

you almost never see any of them unless theyre surrounded by the others in a Go-Shintai of Life's Origin deck

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