Drag Under
Sorcery
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #17343
Drag Under bounces a creature and replaces itself — a two-for-one at three mana that trades tempo for card parity. It's playable filler in budget lists but gets cut the moment you have access to harder interaction or unconditional draw.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Drag Under is a low-impact tempo play in a format where bouncing one creature rarely changes the game state enough to matter — the card draw keeps it from being a total loss, but three mana is a real cost when your opponents are developing their boards faster. In Pauper, the commons pool is shallow enough that a cantripping bounce spell earns a look in tempo and control shells where every card needs to do double duty. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer all have access to strictly better interaction and draw, so Drag Under doesn't see play in any of them. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: fine in a pinch, not worth a slot if you have options.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Drag Under is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than order. Don't expect the price to move; cantripping bounce at three mana has no competitive home that would drive demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.