Locust Spray
Instant
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive
- Price
- $0.38
- EDHREC rank
- #19481
Locust Spray is a three-mana sorcery that deals 1 damage to each creature and each player — a sweeper so shallow it rarely clears the board and so slow it telegraphs itself. The cost in tempo and card equity isn't worth trading for an effect that leaves most threats alive.
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, Locust Spray underperforms against tables where creatures routinely have 3–5 toughness and life totals start at 40 — the 1 damage to each player is cosmetic, and the creature damage clears tokens at best. Constructed formats like Standard, Pioneer, and Modern offer far more efficient mass-damage options at the same mana cost that either go deeper or hit harder. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a sorcery-speed effect this shallow to matter. Locust Spray is legal everywhere it needs to be, but that legality doesn't translate to relevance in any of them.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.38 bulk tier
At $0.38, Locust Spray sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to climb — the effect doesn't support any meaningful combo or synergy that would drive demand. It's essentially a throw-in, not a deliberate purchase.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.