Heritage Reclamation
Instant
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Exile up to one target card from a graveyard. Draw a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #2898
Heritage Reclamation turns your commander's death or exile into a land, which means the tax for recasting never hits your mana base as hard as it should. Riku of Many Paths lists run it in roughly one in three decks because every commander-zone interaction you weather is just a free fetchable land — the card pays for itself the moment your commander would have cost you a tempo loss.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Riku of Many Paths
Riku of Many Paths changes zones constantly as opponents answer it, and Heritage Reclamation converts each of those zone changes into a land drop — keeping the mana base flush for the expensive copy spells Riku wants to fire off.
Eshki Dragonclaw
Eshki Dragonclaw is an aggressive commander that attracts removal, so Heritage Reclamation pulls double duty: it smooths the mana needed to recast Eshki while keeping the board pressure from stalling out between commander deaths.
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan operates in a three-color shell where consistent mana matters, and Heritage Reclamation ensures every removal spell an opponent aims at Felothar accelerates rather than disrupts the game plan.
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 |
Heritage Reclamation is a Commander card through and through — its payoff scales directly with how often your commander changes zones, a dynamic that barely exists in other formats. In Modern and Pioneer the effect is too narrow and too slow; no competitive deck is built around recasting a commander, and a 2-mana do-nothing-until-your-commander-dies enchantment won't see a slot. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more powerful land-fetching tools, so Heritage Reclamation sits well below the bar there. Pauper is its only real alternate home in theory, but commander-centric mechanics don't translate to that format's game plan. Stick to Commander, where the card does exactly what it promises every game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Heritage Reclamation is deep bulk — grab it out of a commons box or toss it into any order without a second thought. Bulk enchantments with narrow applications rarely climb unless a pushed commander makes them near-mandatory, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Riku of Many Paths
- Eshki Dragonclaw
- Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.