Insatiable Avarice
Sorcery
Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
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— Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top.
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— Target player draws three cards and loses 3 life.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos
- Price
- $7.67
- EDHREC rank
- #1095
Insatiable Avarice either draws three cards or puts any card from your library directly on top — for three mana, that range of effect is exceptional. Pair it with Sheoldred, the Apocalypse and the draw mode drains opponents for three while you reload; either mode is a game-relevant action at sorcery speed.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse turns Insatiable Avarice's draw mode into a three-damage drain on every opponent, making the card pull double duty as a life-swing and a refuel in the same action.
Acererak the Archlich
Acererak the Archlich needs to tutor Dungeon: The Undercity reliably, and Insatiable Avarice's top-of-library mode puts any missing combo piece exactly where Acererak can find it on the next cast.
Phage the Untouchable
Phage the Untouchable is uncastable from hand without cheating it into play, so Insatiable Avarice's tutor mode sets up reanimation or sneak effects by placing Phage exactly where the deck needs her.
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth can pay Insatiable Avarice's three generic mana with life instead of mana, turning it into a near-free tutor or draw spell that accelerates the deck's already explosive early game.
Gwenom, Remorseless
Gwenom, Remorseless cares about life payment and black spells firing in sequence, and Insatiable Avarice slots cleanly into that shell as both a life-payment enabler and a way to find the exact threat the turn requires.
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 |
In Commander, Insatiable Avarice is the card's true home — the draw mode scales with multiple opponents triggering life-loss payoffs, and the tutor mode finds silver bullets in a 99-card singleton environment where consistency is otherwise hard to come by. In competitive non-rotating formats like Legacy and Vintage, three mana at sorcery speed is a steep ask when Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor exist, so Insatiable Avarice rarely makes the cut there. Modern and Pioneer lack those cheaper black tutors, which improves its standing marginally, but dedicated tutor strategies in those formats remain fringe. Standard is where the card sees its broadest competitive exposure, since options are limited and three mana for a flexible draw-or-tutor is genuinely strong in that context.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Scheming Symmetry costs under a dollar and puts any card on top, but it gives an opponent the same courtesy — a real cost in multiplayer. Night's Whisper and Sign in Blood cover the pure card-draw half of Insatiable Avarice at one mana less and under fifty cents each, though you give up the tutor mode entirely and the raw card quality of selecting a specific threat.
Price Context
Current price
$7.67 mid tier
At $7.67, Insatiable Avarice sits in the mid tier — not a budget include, but not a barrier either for most Commander players. It's a single-printing rare with genuine demand across Commander, Standard, and casual formats, so the price reflects real play rate rather than speculation.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.