Invasive Species
Creature — Insect
When this creature enters, return another permanent you control to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2015
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #22656
Invasive Species is a 3/3 for three mana that comes with a mandatory bounce of a permanent you control on entry — and that drawback is the whole point. In decks that want to replay enters-the-battlefield triggers, it's a repeatable engine piece; everywhere else, it's a vanilla body with an anchor attached.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Invasive Species is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it only earns a slot in one of them with any regularity. In Commander, it shows up in ETB-value decks — think Yarok, the Desecrated or Brago, King Eternal — where bouncing your own Reclamation Sage or Solemn Simulacrum is a feature, not a bug. In Pauper, the common designation opens a door: aggressive creature decks have occasionally leaned on it, though the self-bounce clause limits how far that ceiling goes. Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage have enough competition at three mana that Invasive Species never makes the cut.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Invasive Species is deep bulk — a throw-in at any card table. That price reflects its narrow application; it won't climb unless an ETB commander breaks out and drives demand for every common bounce enabler in the pool.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.