Formless Nurturing
Sorcery
Manifest the top card of your library, then put a +1/+1 counter on it. (To manifest a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Fate Reforged
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #25339
Formless Nurturing puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature and replaces itself with a card draw — two effects on one card for two mana. In Kitsa, Otterball Elite decks and any shell that rewards counters, that's a clean rate with no setup required.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Formless Nurturing is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but competitive non-rotating formats won't touch it — the counter-plus-draw effect is fine, not powerful, and those formats demand more. Pauper is the one place it's worth a second look, since common-legal card draw is a real constraint and counter synergies are more achievable at that power level. Commander is the natural home: the singleton format rewards cheap, flexible spells, and decks built around +1/+1 counter payoffs will always want another cantrip that pulls double duty.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Kitsa, Otterball EliteAshnod's AltarIntruder AlarmFormless Nurturing
Infinite self-mill; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite magecraft triggers; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Near-infinite untap of all creatures
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Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Formless Nurturing is pure bulk — you're buying it for pennies out of a common box, not tracking its price. Bulk commons don't appreciate, but they don't need to: if the card does the job in your deck, the cost is irrelevant.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.