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Greed

Enchantment

{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander 2013
Price
$0.48
EDHREC rank
#2048
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Greed card art
Greed turns any black mana into a card at instant speed — pay 2 life, draw one, repeat as often as you can afford — and in a format where life totals start at 40, that's a serious engine. Sheoldred, the Apocalypse flips the math entirely: every activation you pay 2 life, Sheoldred punishes each opponent for 2, making Greed a near-zero-cost draw spell at a table of four.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

41.6% of decks · synergy 0.35

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse turns Greed's life payments into damage — opponents lose 2 life each time you draw, so activating Greed three times in a turn cycle can shave six life off every player at the table while you rebuild your hand.

02

Cecil, Dark Knight

30.5% of decks · synergy 0.26

Cecil, Dark Knight cares about paying life as a resource across multiple effects, and Greed slots in as a repeatable life-to-card converter that synergizes naturally with that theme.

03
Rowan, Scion of War

Rowan, Scion of War

26.2% of decks · synergy 0.25

Rowan, Scion of War scales spell costs down based on life lost, so every Greed activation that drains your life total makes your big spells cheaper — the enchantment is doing double duty as both draw engine and cost reducer.

04
Licia, Sanguine Tribune

Licia, Sanguine Tribune

22.7% of decks · synergy 0.22

Licia, Sanguine Tribune rewards life gain, but running Greed here is about balancing the ledger — drain life with Greed, recoup it with Licia's triggers, and maintain a high life total that keeps the commander's cost reduction online.

05
Betor, Ancestor's Voice

Betor, Ancestor's Voice

19.7% of decks · synergy 0.18

Betor, Ancestor's Voice wants repeated, low-cost activations spread across a long game, and Greed's pay-per-card structure fits that steady-draw gameplan without requiring any additional setup.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Greed earns its slot — 40 life makes the 2-life activation cost nearly irrelevant in the early and mid game, and a four-mana enchantment that draws cards on demand scales well into long multiplayer games. In Legacy and Vintage, Greed is technically legal but never sees play; the formats move too fast for a four-mana do-nothing-the-turn-it-enters enchantment, and the competition from Necropotence and Rhystic Study is too steep. Oathbreaker offers the same life-buffer logic as Commander, so it's playable there in black-heavy life-matters lists. Greed is not legal in Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper, and that's where the conversation ends.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.48 bulk tier

At $0.48, Greed is firmly bulk — you're picking it up for under a dollar in almost any condition from any vendor. The price is stable; it's been reprinted enough times that supply isn't the constraint, and its Commander demand is real but modest enough that no spike is coming.

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