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From Under the Floorboards

Sorcery

Madness {X}{B}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Create three tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens and you gain 3 life. If this spell's madness cost was paid, instead create X of those tokens and you gain X life.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{B}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander 2019
Price
$0.27
EDHREC rank
#8983
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From Under the Floorboards card art
From Under the Floorboards drops three 2/2 Zombies and gains you 3 life the moment it resolves — and if you've been discarding, it can enter for as little than one mana via madness, making that swing in board state essentially free. The cost is real only when you're casting it fairly; in any shell that wants to discard, like Anje Falkenrath or alongside recursive pieces like Archaeomancer, you're almost never paying five.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Anje Falkenrath

Anje Falkenrath

74.6% of decks · synergy 0.73

Anje Falkenrath's discard-to-loot engine means From Under the Floorboards almost always arrives via madness, so you're paying one black mana for three bodies and three life while Anje replaces herself — it's one of the highest-upside payoffs in the 75% of Anje lists that run it.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where From Under the Floorboards does its best work — madness enablers are abundant, the life gain matters against multiple opponents, and a three-body token payoff on one mana is a legitimate rate. In Modern and Pioneer, the card is legal but rarely played; fair five-mana sorceries without immediate board protection don't survive the format speed, and the madness cost requires dedicated discard infrastructure that competes with more consistent payoffs. Legacy and Vintage have the same infrastructure problem at a higher power ceiling, so it almost never appears there either. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander appeal if your planeswalker and signature spell enable discard.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.27 bulk tier

At $0.27, From Under the Floorboards is deep bulk — you'll find it in any dollar-bin box at your local store. Bulk rares with narrow competitive applications don't spike, so expect this price to stay flat unless a new marquee discard commander pushes demand.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.