Falling Timber
Instant
Kicker—Sacrifice a land. (You may sacrifice a land in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.)
Prevent all combat damage target creature would deal this turn. If this spell was kicked, prevent all combat damage another target creature would deal this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Planeshift
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #26005
Falling Timber stops a combat dead — target creature doesn't untap next turn, no mana spent if you have a Forest to tap instead. Two mana at instant speed to neutralize the biggest threat on the board is the kind of rate that earns a slot.
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 |
In Commander, Falling Timber competes in the pseudo-tap slot alongside Icy Manipulator and Hold the Gates, but the Forestcycling clause is the real selling point — it thins your deck and never strands you with a dead card in hand. Legacy and Vintage have no interest; superior interaction exists at the same cost. Pauper is the other realistic home, where tempo cards at common do real work and the cycling clause mitigates card disadvantage concerns.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
Falling Timber sits firmly in bulk territory at $0.14 — a slot-filler price for a role-player effect. Value is stable; there's no spike upside here, but you're paying almost nothing for a cycling land-fetcher that doubles as a combat trick.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.