Caustic Rain
Sorcery
Exile target land.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Guildpact
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #28718
Caustic Rain destroys a land and can't be regenerated — four mana at sorcery speed to set one opponent back a turn. It's a niche tool for dedicated land destruction strategies; outside of those shells, it's too slow and too narrow to justify a slot.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Caustic Rain sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy or Vintage, where four-mana sorcery-speed land destruction is far too slow compared to available options. In Modern, dedicated land destruction decks occasionally exist at the fringes, but Caustic Rain doesn't make the cut there either — Blood Moon and Magus of the Moon do more for less. Commander is the realistic home: decks built around punishing greedy mana bases or helmed by commanders that reward land destruction strategies are where Caustic Rain earns its slot, even if it remains a second- or third-tier choice within that niche.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Caustic Rain is deep bulk — the price reflects its narrow application rather than any scarcity. It holds that floor indefinitely; there's no demand driver that would push it higher.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.