Hoarder's Greed
Sorcery
You lose 2 life and draw two cards, then clash with an opponent. If you win, repeat this process. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on their choice of the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a greater mana value.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #10080
Hoarder's Greed draws you two cards and puts two cards in the graveyard — that's four cards of selection for five mana, which is a real rate when your deck wants both halves. The cost is that you need to reliably cast it as your second spell to unlock the full effect, which makes it a near-auto-include in Marvo, Deep Operative and a fringe consideration everywhere else.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Marvo, Deep Operative
Marvo, Deep Operative is built to cast Hoarder's Greed as the second spell every turn cycle — Marvo's triggered ability essentially guarantees the connive-into-draw payoff, turning the card into a consistent two-for-one that also stocks the graveyard for whatever reanimation or flashback package the deck runs.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Hoarder's Greed is a Commander card in practice. The second-spell condition is easy to hit in a 100-card singleton format where commanders naturally generate extra spell activity, and the graveyard loading matters in a format full of reanimation and recursion payoffs. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant — five mana for conditional card draw doesn't compete with Brainstorm and Treasure Cruise. Modern has better options at every point on the curve. Commander is where the card actually functions as intended.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Hoarder's Greed is bulk, and that price is stable — this is a niche role-player with a narrow home rather than a card waiting to break out. Pick it up for Marvo decks without a second thought; there's no financial case for sitting on copies.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.