Creeping Renaissance
Sorcery
Choose a permanent type. Return all cards of the chosen type from your graveyard to your hand.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Innistrad
- Price
- $1.41
- EDHREC rank
- #6693
Creeping Renaissance returns every permanent of a chosen type from your graveyard to your hand for five mana — and with flashback, it does it twice. In a deck like Borborygmos Enraged that pitches lands by the fistful, a single cast can reload a hand that was empty a turn ago.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Borborygmos Enraged
Borborygmos Enraged throws lands from hand to deal damage, and Creeping Renaissance snaps all of them back from the graveyard — often enough lands to close out the game on the spot, with flashback available if the first pass falls short.
Estrid, the Masked
Estrid, the Masked builds around enchantments, and Creeping Renaissance recovers an entire board of auras and enchantments after a wrath — choosing 'enchantment' as the type makes this a full reset for a deck that folds to targeted hate.
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 |
Creeping Renaissance is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's Commander where the card actually shows up. Five mana is too slow and the effect too situational for Legacy or Vintage, where graveyards get hated out or games end before a sorcery-speed recovery spell matters. In Modern the cost and speed keep it out of competitive lists. Commander is the natural home: games go long, graveyards fill up, and the flashback clause turns one card into a repeatable engine that survives counter magic on the first cast.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.41 cheap tier
At $1.41, Creeping Renaissance sits in budget range with no meaningful reprint pressure pushing it lower. It's cheap enough to include without deliberation, and its narrow home in specific graveyard strategies keeps demand stable rather than spiking.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Borborygmos Enraged
- Estrid, the Masked
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.