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Leap

Instant

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
Draw a card.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
common
Set
The List
Price
$1.65
EDHREC rank
#4185
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Leap card art
Leap gives a creature flying until end of turn and replaces itself with a card draw — all for one blue mana. In the right shell, like Precursor Golem token strategies or Zethi, Arcane Blademaster builds that want cheap instants stapled to cantrips, the net cost is effectively zero card equity, which is the entire reason it exists.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Zethi, Arcane Blademaster

Zethi, Arcane Blademaster

57.2% of decks · synergy 0.56

Zethi, Arcane Blademaster cares about imprinting instants and casting them for free, and Leap is exactly the kind of cheap, cantripping instant that generates value without costing a card — it keeps the engine turning while evasion becomes a relevant bonus when Zethi is attacking.

02
Orvar, the All-Form

Orvar, the All-Form

51.8% of decks · synergy 0.48

Leap targeting your own creature triggers Orvar, the All-Form to create a token copy of that creature, turning a one-mana cantrip into a one-mana clone — the draw is almost incidental next to that payoff.

03
Muddle, the Ever-Changing

Muddle, the Ever-Changing

49.1% of decks · synergy 0.47

Muddle, the Ever-Changing rewards casting cheap instants and sorceries to proliferate and evolve the battlefield, and Leap slips in as a free-roll cantrip that checks the instant clause without asking much in return.

04
Octavia, Living Thesis

Octavia, Living Thesis

46.3% of decks · synergy 0.43

Octavia, Living Thesis counts instants and sorceries to reduce her commander tax, and Leap is the kind of cheap spell-count filler that also draws a card rather than sitting as a dead inclusion.

05
Elsha, Threefold Master

Elsha, Threefold Master

34.1% of decks · synergy 0.32

Elsha, Threefold Master lets you cast noncreature spells from the top of your library, and a one-mana instant that replaces itself is exactly what you want hitting the stack off the top — low cost, no tempo loss.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Leap is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, and the only place it sees real play is Commander — specifically in spell-trigger and copy-target strategies. In Pauper it's technically playable but the format's aggressive pace makes a one-mana cantrip with a marginal combat effect too low-impact to compete. Legacy and Vintage have access to strictly better cantrips and would never run Leap. Commander is its home because the multiplayer, slower environment lets niche synergy pieces find their engine, and Leap's value is entirely contingent on a commander that rewards targeting or copying.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.65 cheap tier

At $1.65, Leap sits at the high end of what you'd expect for a common-tier cantrip with narrow application — the price is driven by Commander demand from Orvar, the All-Form and Zethi, Arcane Blademaster lists rather than any intrinsic power. It's not a card you'll overpay for, but don't expect it to drop further as long as those commanders stay popular.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.