Embodiment of Spring
Creature — Elemental
, 
, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #15408
Embodiment of Spring fetches any basic land from your library to the battlefield tapped — that's a Sakura-Tribe Elder stapled to a 0/1 body, but the cost is sacrificing it at sorcery speed and taking an extra turn to untap. In Omnath, Locus of the Roil and other landfall shells, the triggered enters-the-battlefield effect is worth the tempo hit; everywhere else, faster ramp just wins.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Omnath, Locus of the Roil
Omnath, Locus of the Roil triggers on every land entering the battlefield, so Embodiment of Spring's sacrifice doubles as a landfall event and a clock-advancing ramp piece — nearly 19% of Omnath lists run it for exactly that reason.
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 |
Embodiment of Spring is a Commander card through and through — the one-for-one land fetch is too slow and low-impact for the efficient threat density of Modern or Pioneer, and Legacy has Crop Rotation and Green Sun's Zenith doing far more powerful things for similar or less mana. Pauper is the one competitive exception worth noting: at common rarity, creature-based ramp that grabs any basic has real value in slower, grindy Pauper midrange lists. In Commander, Embodiment of Spring sits in the second tier of creature-ramp — fine in landfall decks that want redundancy past Sakura-Tribe Elder, replaceable in anything else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Embodiment of Spring is deep bulk — you're paying for a slot, not a card. Bulk commons like this hold their price floor but never appreciate, so there's no reason to hesitate picking one up and no reason to trade for it either.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.