Graduation Day
Enchantment
Repartee — Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #17276
Graduation Day destroys a creature at instant speed and replaces it with a 2/2 Graduate token — board impact and body in one card. In Feather, the Redeemed it comes back every turn, which turns a single removal spell into a repeatable engine that floods the board while killing threats.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Feather, the Redeemed
Feather, the Redeemed returns Graduation Day to hand at end of turn, so a single copy functions as a removal spell that also manufactures a 2/2 every cycle — the card does two jobs indefinitely for one slot.
Killian, Ink Duelist
Killian, Ink Duelist cuts the cost to one mana since Graduation Day targets a creature, making it trivially cheap to cast and replay in the same turn cycle alongside other aura or targeted spells.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Graduation Day is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Vintage, but its home is clearly Commander. In 60-card formats the rate is simply too slow — three mana for a sorcery-speed-adjacent effect with a 2/2 attached doesn't compete with cheaper removal, and the token rarely matters at that scale. In Commander, the instant speed saves it: killing a threat on your opponent's turn and leaving a blocker behind is genuinely useful, and in spell-recursion shells the repeatable version of that effect is strong enough to justify the slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Graduation Day is bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that pulls real weight in the right shell. Bulk rares rarely spike unless a deck archetype breaks out, so pick it up now if you need it and don't expect much movement either direction.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.