Ground Assault
Sorcery
Ground Assault deals damage to target creature equal to the number of lands you control.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Double Masters 2022
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #13545
Ground Assault deals damage to a target creature equal to the number of lands you control — in a deck that hits five or six lands by turn four, that number kills almost anything on the board. Two mana at instant speed for that ceiling makes it a clean inclusion; Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor decks routinely stack lands fast enough to make this overperform.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor animates lands and incentivizes playing as many as possible, which makes Ground Assault scale into a two-mana, instant-speed answer for even the largest threats by mid-game.
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 |
In Commander, Ground Assault earns its slot in any Gruul or Naya land-matters build where hitting eight or more lands by turn five is routine — at that count, almost no creature survives it at instant speed for two mana. In Pauper, the format's slower pace and creature-heavy metagame make it a plausible sideboard option, though dedicated removal usually has a tighter floor. Modern and Pioneer have faster clocks and more efficient answers, so Ground Assault rarely competes there unless you're explicitly built around land count. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a damage ceiling that depends on board development.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Ground Assault is deep bulk — pick it up without a second thought if the deck wants it. Bulk commons don't appreciate, but this one doesn't need to: it's cheap enough that the only question is whether the effect fits, not the price.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.