Golden Ratio
Sorcery
Draw a card for each different power among creatures you control.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #13366
Golden Ratio draws you cards equal to the number of tokens you control — in a token deck with a board of fifteen, that's fifteen cards off one spell. Three mana for that ceiling is the entire reason to run it, and Adrix and Nev, Twincasters decks routinely build boards where the payoff is absurd.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
Adrix and Nev, Twincasters doubles every token you create, so by the time you cast Golden Ratio the board is already inflated — twenty tokens means twenty cards, which ends the game on the spot.
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 |
Golden Ratio is a Commander card, full stop — the format's multiplayer dynamics and longer games give token strategies the time to build the wide boards that make it backbreaking. In Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, three mana for conditional draw at sorcery speed can't compete with cheaper, unconditional options, and token synergies rarely go wide enough fast enough to justify the slot. Oathbreaker is the one crossover home where a token-focused planeswalker can set up a board state large enough to make Golden Ratio pull its weight.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Golden Ratio is bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. The effect is powerful enough that the price should hold at floor; bulk token staples don't typically crater further once they've settled.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.