Explosive Vegetation
Sorcery
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.39
- EDHREC rank
- #1168
Explosive Vegetation puts two basic lands onto the battlefield tapped for four mana — a clean two-for-one that jumps you straight to six mana by turn five. The cost is real: four mana at sorcery speed is slow enough that faster metas have largely moved on, but in Commander pods that let games develop, it reliably does its job.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Radha, Heir to Keld
Radha, Heir to Keld's ability to add mana when attacking means she wants as many lands in play as possible, and Explosive Vegetation is one of the most efficient ways to build that critical mass fast.
Ruby, Daring Tracker
Ruby, Daring Tracker rewards land drops and a wide board, so Explosive Vegetation's two-land haul directly fuels her scaling while keeping mana development ahead of curve.
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler cares about putting extra lands into play to generate card advantage, making Explosive Vegetation a reliable setup piece that feeds her trigger engine.
Saheeli, Radiant Creator
Saheeli, Radiant Creator needs to hit her artifact-heavy late game, and Explosive Vegetation bridges the mid-game mana gap that keeps her expensive payoffs accessible on schedule.
Quandrix, the Proof
Quandrix, the Proof's Simic shell leans heavily on land-based ramp to power out high-CMC spells, and Explosive Vegetation is a straightforward inclusion that keeps the engine running.
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 |
Explosive Vegetation is a Commander card, full stop. In a 100-card singleton format with 40-life games that regularly stretch past turn eight, fetching two basics and jumping two mana steps ahead is a meaningful play even at four mana. Outside Commander, it sees essentially no competitive play — Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy all move too fast for a sorcery-speed ramp spell that doesn't enter untapped. Oathbreaker is the one adjacent format where it occasionally appears, mirroring Commander's pace closely enough to justify the slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.39 bulk tier
At $0.39, Explosive Vegetation is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box or grab as an afterthought in a cart order. Wide print runs have kept it at floor price for years, so there's no meaningful price risk in picking up copies.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.