Iname, Life Aspect
Legendary Creature — Spirit
When Iname dies, you may exile it. If you do, return any number of target Spirit cards from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.46
- EDHREC rank
- #19673
Iname, Life Aspect hits the board as a 4/4 for six mana and, when it dies, returns every Spirit card from your graveyard to your hand — a massive refueling effect that rewards any deck that deliberately fills its yard with Spirits. The death trigger is powerful enough to warp games around it, but six mana for a vanilla 4/4 means you're paying entirely for the graveyard payoff, not the stats.
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 |
Commander is the only format where Iname, Life Aspect earns a real roster spot, specifically in Spirit-tribal builds that can stock the graveyard through self-mill or sacrifice loops before the trigger fires. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but the six-mana ask for a creature with no immediate impact puts it miles below the power threshold those formats demand. Modern is the same story — too slow, too conditional, no path to competitive play. Iname, Life Aspect is a Commander-only card in practice.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.46 bulk tier
At $0.46, Iname, Life Aspect is deep bulk — easy to pick up without a second thought if a Spirit-heavy Commander deck wants it. Demand is narrow enough that this price is unlikely to climb unless a breakout Spirit commander pulls it into the spotlight.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.