Even the Score
Instant
This spell costs 
less to cast if an opponent has drawn four or more cards this turn.
Draw X cards.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.43
- EDHREC rank
- #9334
Even the Score draws you cards equal to the number of opponents who have more cards in hand than you — a conditional effect that can refill your hand for free if you're sufficiently hellbent or simply behind. The cost scales down for each opponent with more cards, so in a four-player pod where everyone's been drawing while you've been spending, this can hit zero mana and replace itself with three or four cards. It's niche, but when it fires at full value, it's one of the best rate draw spells in white.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Heliod, the Radiant Dawn
Heliod, the Radiant Dawn cares about enchantments and runs a tight, resource-hungry game plan that frequently leaves you low on cards while opponents accumulate value — exactly the board state where Even the Score becomes free and draws three.
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 |
Even the Score is a Commander card through and through — its cost reduction requires multiple opponents with fuller hands, and four-player pods manufacture that exact condition regularly. In competitive mana-denial or prison strategies, deliberately emptying your own hand while slowing opponents down creates windows where this costs nothing and draws three or four cards, which is absurd. In Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, you're facing one opponent, so the discount caps at one mana reduction and the baseline draw rate doesn't compete with existing options. Even the Score is legal across those formats, but running it there is choosing a worse Harmonize with more hoops.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.43 bulk tier
At $0.43, Even the Score is bulk — easy to pick up as a spec inclusion without any real financial commitment. Cards with this level of situational ceiling tend to stay cheap until a high-profile deck showcases the full-power version, so don't expect the price to move unless Commander content pushes it.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Heliod, the Radiant Dawn
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.