Altar's Reap
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Conspiracy
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #4296
Altar's Reap trades a creature you were going to sacrifice anyway for two cards at instant speed — that's the whole pitch. It's a strict role-player, not a staple, but in a deck like Judith, Carnage Connoisseur that wants creatures dying on a schedule, two mana for two cards with no downside is a clean deal.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Judith, Carnage Connoisseur
Judith, Carnage Connoisseur already wants a creature dead to trigger her damage-dealing ability, so Altar's Reap stacks card draw on top of that death for free — one sacrifice fuels the engine and refills your hand simultaneously.
Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker returns creatures with one power at end of turn, which means the creature you sacrifice to Altar's Reap comes back anyway — you're converting a temporary loan into two cards.
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim drains on every creature death, so the sacrifice cost of Altar's Reap isn't a cost at all — it's a trigger, and the two cards come along for the ride.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Altar's Reap is a Commander card through and through — the format's abundance of tokens, aristocrats engines, and sacrifice outlets makes the mandatory creature payment feel like synergy rather than cost. In Pauper it sees fringe play in black sacrifice shells where instant-speed draw at common rarity is genuinely scarce. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, it's outclassed by cantrips and looters that don't require a body; you'd have to work hard to justify it over cheaper or less conditional options. Vintage doesn't care it exists.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Altar's Reap is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in or pull from a common box without thinking twice. Bulk draw spells don't move on price; this one will sit at this tier indefinitely.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.