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Enchantment
Legal Salt 1.12Rank #119
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays for each creature they control that's attacking you.
Why is this card good?
Propaganda is one of the premier defensive enchantments in Commander, and its #119 rank is well-earned. In a four-player game, the "pay per attacker" tax compounds fast — swinging at you with three creatures costs an opponent 
, often more than their resources or their will allow. The result is that aggression simply gets redirected to easier targets.
This is a staple in any blue deck that wants time: combo decks assembling a kill, control decks grinding out value, superfriends/planeswalker shells protecting their loyalty, and slow stax builds. It pairs beautifully with Ghostly Prison, Sphere of Safety, and Norn's Annex to make attacking you near-impossible.
The catch: it only stops attacks aimed at you. It does nothing against your planeswalkers being attacked, burn, mill, or combo kills, and ramp-heavy decks can simply pay the tax. Skip it in fast, proactive decks that win before defense matters — you'd rather run interaction or threats. It's a control/midrange card, not an aggro one.
per attacker" tax compounds fast — swinging at you with three creatures costs an opponent , often more than their resources or their will allow. The result is that aggression simply gets redirected to easier targets.
This is a staple in any blue deck that wants time: combo decks assembling a kill, control decks grinding out value, superfriends/planeswalker shells protecting their loyalty, and slow stax builds. It pairs beautifully with Ghostly Prison, Sphere of Safety, and Norn's Annex to make attacking you near-impossible.
The catch: it only stops attacks aimed at you. It does nothing against your planeswalkers being attacked, burn, mill, or combo kills, and ramp-heavy decks can simply pay the tax. Skip it in fast, proactive decks that win before defense matters — you'd rather run interaction or threats. It's a control/midrange card, not an aggro one.Related cards
Ghostly Prison
White equivalent taxing attackers with {2} per creature.
Sphere of Safety
Enchantment-heavy pillowfort scaling tax per enchantment.
Norn's Annex
Phyrexian mana tax deterring attackers, similar pillowfort effect.
Dissipation Field
Bounces attacking creatures, defensive deterrent.
Crawlspace
Limits attackers to two, complementary defense.
Windborn Muse
Creature version of Propaganda's attack tax.
Baird, Steward of Argive
Creature applying same {2} attack tax.
Koskun Falls
Taxes attackers, requires tapping a creature, pillowfort piece.
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