Drought
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you pay 
.
Spells cost an additional "Sacrifice a Swamp" to cast for each black mana symbol in their mana costs.
Activated abilities cost an additional "Sacrifice a Swamp" to activate for each black mana symbol in their activation costs.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #27027
Drought locks opponents out of green and white activated abilities — including mana abilities — for as long as you keep feeding it Plains, which is either a stranglehold or a resource drain depending on how many basics you run. It's a powerful asymmetric stax piece in the right shell, but the upkeep cost means it belongs in dedicated white-heavy builds, not as a splash.
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 |
In Commander, Drought occupies a narrow but real stax niche: shutting down green mana dorks, white utility activations, and any fetchland-into-Forest line your opponents are leaning on, which in a four-player pod can lock multiple decks at once. The payoff scales directly with how white-heavy your own deck is — mono-white or near-mono-white builds can sustain the Plains-per-upkeep cost indefinitely, while two- or three-color decks will sacrifice card equity to keep it online. Legacy and Vintage legality is almost academic; the effect isn't impactful enough at those speeds compared to what those formats actually care about. Drought is a Commander card, full stop.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Drought is deep bulk — easy to acquire, easy to trade for. It's unlikely to spike given how narrow the use case is, so buy it when you need it and don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.