Grounded for Life
Instant
This spell costs 
less to cast if it targets a tapped creature.
Destroy target creature.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #20971
Grounded for Life gives a creature indestructible for as long as you control it — permanent protection stapled to a one-mana enchantment. It's a clean, cheap way to lock down a key piece, and the only real cost is the enchantment slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Grounded for Life earns its slot on any creature that needs to survive the turn cycle — commanders that tap for value, combo pieces, or pillar threats that opponents will race to remove. In competitive 1v1 formats like Legacy and Modern, one mana for conditional indestructible is rarely enough when interaction is faster and more targeted, so it mostly sits on the shelf there. Pauper is the one constructed format worth a second look, where protecting a key threat at common rarity for one mana is a real rate.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Grounded for Life is pure bulk — you're paying nearly nothing for a functional protection piece. Bulk commons don't appreciate, but that's beside the point: if it does what your deck needs, the price is never the reason to cut it.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.