Living Destiny
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, reveal a creature card from your hand.
You gain life equal to the revealed card's mana value.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Rise of the Eldrazi
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #29889
Living Destiny gains you life equal to the greatest mana value among permanents you control — in any deck that runs big creatures or high-CMC bombs, that's frequently 10 or more life for three mana. It's a solid burst-lifegain spell in the right shell, but outside decks that consistently land 6-plus CMC permanents, the ceiling drops fast and it becomes an overcosted Healing Salve.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Living Destiny earns its slot in high-CMC green decks — Eldrazi, Timmy stompy, or any build that routinely has an 8-drop on board — where it can swing a race or buy a crucial turn against aggro. Outside Commander, the card rarely finds a home: Legacy, Vintage, and Modern are too fast and too efficient for a three-mana sorcery that only gains life with no attached threat or card advantage. Pauper is where Living Destiny technically competes at common, but the format's life-gain payoffs demand repeated triggers rather than a single burst, so it still sits on the fringe.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Living Destiny is pure bulk — pick it up without hesitation if the deck wants it, because the financial downside is zero. Bulk commons and uncommons of this profile don't appreciate unless a combo or synergy emerges to spike demand, so treat it as a one-time utility purchase, not a hold.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.