Child of Gaea
Creature — Elemental
Trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay 
.
: Regenerate this creature.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Price
- $0.99
- EDHREC rank
- #28904
Child of Gaea is an 8/8 trampler with built-in recursion — pay three mana at upkeep or sacrifice it, which means it demands an answer every single turn or it comes back. Seven mana is a steep ask, and that upkeep tax adds up fast, but the raw pressure it generates makes it a legitimate threat in any green stompy shell.
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 |
In Commander, Child of Gaea occupies the high end of green's creature suite — a resilient, trampling threat that punishes tables that can't remove it twice. The upkeep cost is real in multiplayer since you're paying it every turn against multiple opponents, so you need enough ramp that three mana is never a decision. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but don't want it — those formats play threats that win immediately, and a seven-mana creature that requires ongoing payment doesn't compete with Emrakul or Griselbrand. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: fine if your signature spell supports the mana-sink plan, irrelevant otherwise.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.99 bulk tier
At $0.99, Child of Gaea sits at the top of bulk pricing — a dollar gets you an 8/8 with built-in recursion, which is strong value for what the card does on board. It's unlikely to climb significantly given it's never been a staple in any competitive format, so buy it to play it, not to hold it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.