Is Big Score good in Commander?

Big Score

Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

CMC: 4
Mana cost
Color identity: R
Rarity: rare
Set: Secret Lair Drop
Price: $2.95
EDHREC rank: #162

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Big Score gives you two Treasures and two fresh cards for four mana at instant speed — real resources, not just card advantage with strings attached. The cost is that you discard two first, which only stings if you're not already treating your hand as a resource; in Jolene, the Plunder Queen or Zirda, the Dawnwaker shells where Treasures are the engine, the discard barely registers.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

Jolene, the Plunder Queen

71.1% of decks · synergy 0.62

Jolene, the Plunder Queen turns every Treasure you make into a +1/+1 counter factory, so Big Score's two Treasures are immediate pressure, not just mana fixing — and the instant speed means you can crack them on your opponents' turns to max out the trigger count.

Vihaan, Goldwaker

71.1% of decks · synergy 0.61

Vihaan, Goldwaker animates Treasures into attacking creatures, so Big Score isn't just cantrip ramp — it's two bodies that can swing the turn Vihaan is on the battlefield.

Vazi, Keen Negotiator

67.4% of decks · synergy 0.60

Vazi, Keen Negotiator distributes Treasures to opponents as political currency, and Big Score's two Treasures mean two more chips to hand out while replacing themselves with fresh cards.

Rootha, Mastering the Moment

84.2% of decks · synergy 0.59

Rootha, Mastering the Moment copies instants for free, so a single Big Score activation becomes four Treasures and four cards the moment Rootha bounces herself to copy it — that's a mana and card explosion in one line.

Lorehold, the Historian

67.3% of decks · synergy 0.55

Lorehold, the Historian cares about casting and recurring spells, and Big Score fits the instant-speed, self-replacing profile that keeps the engine running without losing tempo.

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

In Commander, Big Score earns its slot in any deck that generates or cares about Treasures — the instant speed is the real selling point, letting you hold up interaction and cash in at end of turn. In Pauper it's a legitimate common draw spell in slower red decks that can stomach the discard, though dedicated red draw has stiffer competition there. Modern and Pioneer have access to more efficient looting and ramp, so Big Score shows up only in dedicated Treasure synergy lists rather than as a generic value piece. Legacy and Vintage have the same issue at a higher ceiling — the card simply doesn't clear the bar for raw power in those formats. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's calculus: if your planeswalker cares about Treasures or artifacts, Big Score is an easy inclusion.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

6 decks