Flowstone Slide
Sorcery
All creatures get +X/-X until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Nemesis
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #26793
Flowstone Slide is a repeatable, instant-speed pump-or-shrink effect that can blank an entire board of small creatures or push your attackers through blockers — all for X mana per creature affected. The cost scales with ambition, but the flexibility to target any creature at any time is what separates it from one-shot spells.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Flowstone Slide occupies a niche role in red-heavy aggro and token decks that want repeatable interaction rather than single-use tricks — the ability to permanently reduce a creature's toughness to zero as a kill condition is genuinely unique in red. Legacy and Vintage have faster, more efficient answers to creatures, so Flowstone Slide never sees competitive play there. Modern similarly has no reason to run it when Fatal Push and Lightning Bolt exist. It's legal in Oathbreaker, where the singleton format and lower threat density make its incremental value more relevant than in high-powered Commander pods.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Flowstone Slide is deep bulk — pick it up without hesitation if the effect fits your deck. Demand is low enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a prominent Commander deck or content creator puts it on the map.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.