Destructive Urge
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage to a player, that player sacrifices a land of their choice.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Price
- $0.60
- EDHREC rank
- #16906
Destructive Urge turns every attacking creature into a land-destruction threat, stripping a land from any player whose permanent gets dealt combat damage. At three mana in Gruul colors, the rate is reasonable, but the effect only fires on combat damage — no blocks, no spells, just creatures connecting.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Destructive Urge lives, specifically in aggressive creature decks that expect to connect with multiple attackers each turn. The cumulative land denial adds up fast in a four-player pod, and pairing it with trample or evasion turns the math brutal. Legacy and Vintage are legal homes on paper, but neither format has any appetite for a three-mana enchantment that does nothing the turn it enters. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander at a smaller table, which makes the effect slightly less punishing but still viable in the right aggressive shell.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.60 bulk tier
At $0.60, Destructive Urge sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up as a throw-in with little financial risk. Bulk land-destruction effects rarely spike unless a specific commander breaks them wide open, so don't expect the price to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.