Dryad's Revival
Sorcery
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad: Double Feature
- Price
- $0.50
- EDHREC rank
- #6858
Dryad's Revival returns any card from your graveyard to your hand and replaces itself — the flashback clause means you're spending three mana to recur a card now and banking another recur for later. That two-for-one structure is the whole reason it earns a slot over narrower options.
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 |
Commander is where Dryad's Revival does its best work: long games and graveyard synergies are the norm, and the ability to cash in the flashback on a second high-value target two or three turns later is genuinely impactful. In non-rotating formats like Legacy and Vintage, it's too slow — three mana at sorcery speed competes badly against Regrowth and Noxious Revival. Modern and Pioneer have enough graveyard density to make it playable in casual builds, but it won't crack competitive lists there either. Oathbreaker plays similarly to Commander in terms of power ceiling, so the card performs about as well in that format.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.50 bulk tier
At $0.50, Dryad's Revival sits firmly in bulk territory — it's an easy include that won't stress any budget. Bulk ramp and utility spells at this price point rarely spike without a Standard printing, and with no Standard legality here, expect the price to stay flat.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.