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Depths of Desire

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
common
Set
Ixalan
Price
$0.21
EDHREC rank
#15073
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Depths of Desire card art
Depths of Desire bounces a nonland permanent and creates a 1/1 Treasure token — tempo plus mana in one instant, which is a real rate. The catch is three mana at sorcery-comparable value; unless you're cheating it out with something like Aluren or looping it for value, you're usually better off with a cheaper bounce spell.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Depths of Desire occupies the low end of playability — it's fine in budget builds that need any instant-speed bounce and a Treasure on the side, but it gets cut the moment you upgrade. In Pauper it's more competitive, where the Treasure token is meaningful mana fixing and tempo at common rarity. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have so many strictly better options that Depths of Desire never sees serious play there. Pioneer is the same story — the card is legal but invisible.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.21 bulk tier

At $0.21, Depths of Desire is deep bulk — you're buying it out of a commons box, not tracking it on a market. That price is a floor with nowhere meaningful to go; play it if it fills a gap in a budget build, but don't expect it to hold any trade value.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.