Deathsprout
Instant
Destroy target creature. Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2020
- Price
- $0.39
- EDHREC rank
- #3255
Deathsprout destroys a creature and fetches a basic land onto the battlefield — two meaningful pieces of board interaction stapled together for five mana. That cost is the honest downside: it's a turn-five play at earliest, which disqualifies it from faster formats, but in Commander's slower clock it pays full rent.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sarulf, Realm Eater
Sarulf, Realm Eater grows on counters placed on permanents opponents control, and Deathsprout puts a permanent in the graveyard while simultaneously fixing your mana — both halves of the spell advance the Sarulf engine, which is why 37% of Sarulf lists run it.
Kathril, Aspect Warper
Kathril, Aspect Warper cares about creature keywords in the graveyard, so killing a creature with Deathsprout seeds the bin while the ramp ensures Kathril lands on curve with backup mana available.
Vraska, the Silencer
Vraska, the Silencer punishes opponents for losing creatures, meaning Deathsprout's removal half creates a triggered benefit on top of the ramp — every target you destroy is both a threat eliminated and a political lever pulled.
Slimefoot, the Stowaway
Slimefoot, the Stowaway decks run enough creatures dying already; Deathsprout handles an opposing threat while ramping into the mana-hungry Saproling payoffs that make Slimefoot tick.
Beledros Witherbloom
Beledros Witherbloom demands life-payment math to be viable, and Deathsprout's land-to-battlefield half provides the mana base stability needed to absorb those costs without falling behind on resources.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Deathsprout is a Commander card — full stop. The five-mana cost is a non-starter in Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, where efficient removal costs one or two mana and ramp spells are measured in fractions of a turn. In Commander, the math flips: the format's slower pace means turn five arrives with regularity, and two-for-ones that answer a threat while advancing your mana are exactly the kind of card that generates real equity over a long game. Oathbreaker can support it in the right shell, but the 60-card formats should look elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.39 bulk tier
At $0.39, Deathsprout is bulk — pick it up without a second thought if the slot fits. Bulk uncommons that see steady Commander play rarely spike, so there's no urgency, but there's also no reason to trade it away.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.