Canopy Surge
Sorcery
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Canopy Surge deals 1 damage to each creature with flying and each player. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage to each creature with flying and each player instead.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #23205
Canopy Surge deals damage to each creature with flying — a one-sided sweeper effect in green that punishes blue-white skies decks for a single green mana with kicker. It's a niche piece of tech, not a staple, but in the right meta it earns its slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Canopy Surge is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Legacy and Vintage have no real home for it — those formats don't want a conditional damage spell at any price. Commander is where Canopy Surge has any relevance at all, and even there it's a meta call: tables heavy with Atraxa, Raffine, or Breena builds give it real targets, while a ground-focused pod makes it a dead draw. Oathbreaker could find narrow use in a green shell facing an evasion-heavy opposing signature spell, but that's a corner case.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Canopy Surge is deep bulk — you're not paying for scarcity, you're paying for cardboard. It holds that floor because demand is thin and supply is ample, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.