Afterlife
Instant
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #16855
Afterlife destroys a creature and replaces it with a 1/1 Spirit token — net board impact is roughly zero, which is the problem. Three mana at sorcery speed to trade resources one-for-one is not where you want to be in 2024 Commander.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Afterlife competes against a deep removal suite and loses — Swords to Plowshares and Path to Exile do more for less, and even budget options like Fateful Absence and Generous Gift outclass it. Pauper is where Afterlife has its best case: the token generation is a real upside in a format where card quality is constrained and go-wide strategies are viable. Legacy and Vintage have access to every removal spell ever printed, so Afterlife never sees play there. It's legal in Oathbreaker, but the same Commander logic applies — the format is fast enough that sorcery-speed removal with no immediate tempo gain is a liability.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Afterlife is deep bulk — you'll find it in any common pile or bulk lot without effort. That price reflects its power level accurately; don't expect it to move.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.