Homesickness
Instant
Target player draws two cards. Tap up to two target creatures. Put a stun counter on each of them. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #23915
Homesickness forces each opponent to sacrifice a creature unless they return a creature they control to hand — a repeatable tax stapled to an enchantment at the cost of one black mana per upkeep. It's a soft disruption piece, not a finisher, but in the right shell it chips away at boards and rebuys enter-the-battlefield triggers simultaneously.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Homesickness is a Commander card through and through — the three-opponent table multiplies its upkeep trigger into a genuine board-shaping tool, forcing multiple sacrifices or bounces every rotation. In one-on-one formats like Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's too slow and too soft; a single opponent will either ignore the tax, sacrifice a token, or answer the enchantment before it generates meaningful value. Standard makes it legal but not competitive — the format moves too fast for a one-mana enchantment that doesn't affect the board the turn it resolves. Commander is the only context where Homesickness pulls its weight.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Homesickness is deep bulk — you're not buying it for portfolio reasons, you're buying it because it costs nothing. Bulk enchantments at this price tier rarely spike unless a new commander creates a narrow spike in demand, so pick up copies freely and don't expect movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.