Energy Tap
Sorcery
Tap target untapped creature you control. If you do, add an amount of 
equal to that creature's mana value.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Renaissance
- Price
- $2.75
- EDHREC rank
- #8342
Energy Tap turns any tapped creature into a full mana refund — its entire power is converting a creature's printed mana cost into colorless mana at instant speed. The cost is real: the creature stays tapped, so this only works when you weren't planning to attack anyway, which is why Orvar, the All-Form decks prize it so highly.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Orvar, the All-Form
Energy Tap is a core piece in Orvar, the All-Form decks because casting it targets a creature, which triggers Orvar to create a token copy of that creature — so you're generating mana and cloning your best permanent simultaneously.
The Pride of Hull Clade
The Pride of Hull Clade wants large creatures in play and benefits from their power, making Energy Tap a natural fit: tap a high-power creature for a burst of mana, and The Pride of Hull Clade still gets to leverage that creature's stats on its own terms.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Energy Tap sees virtually no play in Legacy or Vintage — those formats move too fast for a sorcery-speed mana spell that requires a tapped creature and produces colorless mana with no other upside. Pauper is legal but similarly inhospitable; the card lacks the consistency or payoff density that format demands. Commander is where Energy Tap actually has a job: in creature-heavy blue decks, especially those built around Orvar, the All-Form, it doubles as a mana ritual and a targeting trigger, which makes the tap-restriction a feature rather than a bug.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.75 cheap tier
At $2.75, Energy Tap sits at the higher end of what you'd expect for a narrow, format-specific spell — its price is driven almost entirely by Orvar Commander demand rather than broad appeal. It holds that value as long as Orvar remains a popular build, but outside that niche it's overpriced for what it does.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Orvar, the All-Form
- The Pride of Hull Clade
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.