Boon of the Wish-Giver
Sorcery
Draw four cards.
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #7123
Boon of the Wish-Giver cycles for free under Gavi, Nest Warden and draws three cards when you hard-cast it for five mana — that's a legitimate rate. Outside of dedicated cycling shells, it's unplayable; inside them, it's a staple.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gavi, Nest Warden
Gavi, Nest Warden makes Boon of the Wish-Giver free to cycle once per turn, which means it replaces itself at no cost and becomes a three-card refill whenever you actually want the full effect.
Eris, Roar of the Storm
Eris, Roar of the Storm triggers off every cycled card, so Boon of the Wish-Giver is both a free trigger and a way to reload your hand when the cycling engine needs fuel.
Sauron, Lord of the Rings
Sauron, Lord of the Rings cares about drawing cards and generating value at instant speed, and Boon of the Wish-Giver fits as a flexible draw spell that can cycle cheap or cast big depending on the board state.
Sharuum the Hegemon
Sharuum the Hegemon shells often run blue-heavy artifact piles that want raw card advantage, and Boon of the Wish-Giver fills that role as a low-commitment draw spell that never bricks.
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 |
In Commander, Boon of the Wish-Giver is a cycling-deck card first and a generic draw spell second — the gap between those two roles is wide enough that you should only register it in decks built around the mechanic. In Legacy and Vintage, cycling-based combo decks have used it as a draw enabler, though the competition from cantrips is fierce. Modern and Pioneer offer dedicated cycling shells where it slots naturally, but the format speed means the five-mana mode rarely resolves. Boon of the Wish-Giver is legal in Oathbreaker as well, where a cycling-focused planeswalker strategy could put it to honest use.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Boon of the Wish-Giver sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to move without a major reprint of the cycling archetype into competitive relevance. Pick up as many as you need without hesitation — the price has nowhere interesting to go.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Gavi, Nest Warden
- Eris, Roar of the Storm
- Sauron, Lord of the Rings
- Sharuum the Hegemon
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.