Dawnglow Infusion
Sorcery
You gain X life if 
was spent to cast this spell and X life if 
was spent to cast this spell. (Do both if was spent.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #23184
Dawnglow Infusion gains you life equal to X for each color you paid — up to 2X life in a Selesnya deck — which is a lot of life for a lot of mana doing nothing else. The ceiling is real but the floor is a sorcery-speed drain on your turn that advances no board state, and that's a dealbreaker in most lists.
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 |
Dawnglow Infusion is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive play in Legacy, Modern, and Vintage has no interest in a sorcery that gains life without affecting the board. Commander is the only home worth discussing: high-life-total strategies — Oloro, Ageless Ascetic; Dina, Soul Steeper; Willowdusk, Essence Seer — can theoretically weaponize the gained life, but even there Dawnglow Infusion competes against cards that gain life as a side effect of doing something else. Oathbreaker is too fast for this effect to matter.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Dawnglow Infusion is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box, not a singles binder. The price reflects the demand, which is low, and nothing about the card's mechanics suggests that changes.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.