Crop Rotation
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a land.
Search your library for a land card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive
- Price
- $3.52
- EDHREC rank
- #215
Crop Rotation fetches any land — Gaea's Cradle, Dark Depths, Valakut — at instant speed for a single green mana, and the cost is just a land you were already playing. Decks that win through specific utility lands, from Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful combo piles to land-centric midrange, treat it as a fifth copy of whichever land closes the game.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful lists run Crop Rotation as a tutor for Gaea's Cradle or Boseiju, Who Endures — whatever the line needs in the moment — with the instant speed letting it dodge interaction on the stack.
The Gitrog Monster
The Gitrog Monster turns every land sacrifice into a card draw trigger, so Crop Rotation is both a tutor and an immediate draw — sac a basic, find Dark Depths or a cycling land, draw from the Frog.
Titania, Protector of Argoth
Crop Rotation is a two-for-one in Titania, Protector of Argoth: the sacrificed land triggers a 5/3 Elemental token, and you still get the utility land you fetched.
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools // Thrasios, Triton Hero
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools // Thrasios, Triton Hero runs the same Cradle-and-combo infrastructure as other Thrasios piles, and Crop Rotation serves the same tutor role — instant-speed access to whichever mana engine the turn demands.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Crop Rotation is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, and the card does real work in all of them. In Commander it's at its broadest — the utility land toolbox is enormous, and instant-speed tutoring for Cabal Coffers, Gaea's Cradle, or Maze of Ith covers virtually any game plan. In Legacy it's a compact engine piece, most famously powering Dark Depths plus Thespian's Stage into a 20/20 on turn one or two. Pauper limits it to commons-legal lands, but fetchable utility still exists — Khalni Garden, Snow-Covered basics for Skred — so it sees play in green midrange and ramp shells there too. Modern and Pioneer are locked out by the card's age relative to those formats' card pools.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.52 cheap tier
At $3.52, Crop Rotation sits in the cheap tier — accessible for any budget and priced well below its actual impact. It's a staple with wide cross-format play and a dedicated Commander audience, so the floor here is durable.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
- The Gitrog Monster
- Titania, Protector of Argoth
- Hazezon, Shaper of Sand
- Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools // Thrasios, Triton Hero
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.