Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi
Instant
Put nine +1/+1 counters on target land you control. It becomes a legendary 0/0 Elemental creature with haste named Vitu-Ghazi. It's still a land.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- War of the Spark Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #11293
Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi drops a 9/9 indestructible land creature onto the board the moment it resolves — the cost is three mana and a land already in play, which is trivially cheap for the stat line you get. Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir turns every card drawn into a 3/3 token, but Awakening hands you a single massive body that blanks most combat math and ignores board wipes simultaneously.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir
Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir rewards you for building a wide token board, but Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi gives you an indestructible 9/9 that survives every sweeper Jolrael baits out — it's the deck's best answer to 'tokens died, now what.'
Jyoti, Moag Ancient
Jyoti, Moag Ancient cares deeply about lands entering the battlefield, and Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi animates an existing land without ever removing it from play, meaning Jyoti's triggers keep firing while you now also have a 9/9 attacker threatening the table.
Bumi, Unleashed
Bumi, Unleashed wants large creatures it can use as fuel or fodder, and Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi delivers a 9/9 indestructible body for three mana that's nearly impossible to permanently remove — exactly the kind of resilient threat Bumi decks want in play early and often.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi sees essentially zero play in competitive formats like Modern, Legacy, or Pioneer — a three-mana sorcery that makes a 9/9 is not fast enough to matter before those games end, and the land requirement adds friction that faster decks won't tolerate. Commander is where this card actually lives: the multiplayer table gives you time to set up, indestructibility is at a premium because sweepers are ubiquitous, and a 9/9 that can't be destroyed in combat is a genuine political and combat deterrent. In Oathbreaker it's borderline playable if your Planeswalker cares about large creatures or landfall, but the power ceiling is still Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Price data for Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi isn't currently available in our database, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a current market price before buying. Given its narrow Commander appeal and moderate inclusion rate, it has historically sat in the bulk-to-low-value range — don't expect to pay a premium.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.