Boggart Birth Rite
Kindred Sorcery — Goblin
Return target Goblin card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #15270
Boggart Birth Rite returns any Goblin from your graveyard to your hand for a single black mana — clean, instant-speed recursion at the floor price of a card slot. Outside of Wort, Boggart Auntie decks, the tribal restriction makes this too narrow to compete with format-staple recursion.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Wort, Boggart Auntie
Wort, Boggart Auntie triggers on Goblin deaths and wants a steady supply to sacrifice and recur, making Boggart Birth Rite a one-mana reset that feeds the loop turn after turn.
Grub, Storied Matriarch
Grub, Storied Matriarch cares about filling the graveyard and replaying creatures, so Boggart Birth Rite slots in as cheap, repeatable hand-refill that keeps the engine churning.
Shattergang Brothers
Shattergang Brothers demands a constant sacrifice outlet across all permanent types, and Boggart Birth Rite recovers the Goblin pieces sacrificed for the Brothers' activated abilities without spending significant mana.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Boggart Birth Rite is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive relevance is essentially Commander-only. In Pauper it sits beneath the power floor of even budget reanimation options, and in Legacy and Vintage the one-mana slot is occupied by far more powerful effects. Commander is where Boggart Birth Rite earns its keep, specifically inside dedicated Goblin tribal builds where the tribal restriction is irrelevant and the instant speed genuinely matters for protecting key pieces mid-combat or at end of turn.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Boggart Birth Rite is pure bulk — grab a copy out of any common box without hesitation. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a breakout Goblin commander pushes tribal into the spotlight.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Wort, Boggart Auntie
- Grub, Storied Matriarch
- Shattergang Brothers
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.