Dwell on the Past
Sorcery
Target player shuffles up to four target cards from their graveyard into their library.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Torment
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #22243
Dwell on the Past shuffles up to four target cards from any graveyard back into their owner's library for one green mana — instant speed, no fuss. It's a surgical graveyard hate spell that pulls ahead of Tormod's Crypt in recursion-heavy metas by hitting exactly what matters without nuking your own setup.
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, Dwell on the Past earns its slot as cheap, flexible graveyard interaction — one mana at instant speed means it slides into any green deck without strain, and the four-card ceiling is wide enough to disrupt most reanimator or flashback lines. Legacy is where it has historically seen niche play, slotting into green-based sideboards as a low-cost answer to Dredge or Snapcaster Mage recursion. Vintage allows it but the format's pace makes it fringe at best, outclassed by more explosive disruption. Dwell on the Past is not legal in Modern, Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper, so its competitive ceiling is essentially Commander and Legacy sideboards.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Dwell on the Past sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up as a throw-in or bulk rare grab. Graveyard hate at this price point rarely loses value, and casual demand from Commander keeps true bulk from bottoming out further.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.