Long River's Pull
Instant
Gift a card (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they draw a card before its other effects.)
Counter target creature spell. If the gift was promised, instead counter target spell.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #1499
Long River's Pull lets you mill yourself while drawing cards — two resources advanced for one spell, which is a real rate in decks that want the graveyard and the hand filled simultaneously. Clement, the Worrywort turns every card drawn into a life-gain trigger, so the draw half alone earns the slot before the mill even matters.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Clement, the Worrywort
Clement, the Worrywort triggers off drawing cards, so Long River's Pull is doing double duty: it stocks the graveyard for recursion while firing Clement's life-gain engine as many times as the deck has mana to cast it.
Ms. Bumbleflower
Ms. Bumbleflower rewards players for drawing cards — Long River's Pull slots in as cheap, repeatable draw that also mills, giving the deck both the trigger fodder and the graveyard depth it wants.
Grolnok, the Omnivore
Grolnok, the Omnivore puts cards milled face-down under itself and lets you cast them, so Long River's Pull is effectively card advantage twice over: draw now, play from the graveyard later.
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler runs group-draw effects, and Long River's Pull fits that shell as a cheap personal draw spell that also accelerates self-mill for any graveyard payoffs the deck is threading in.
The Council of Four
The Council of Four generates value whenever opponents draw cards, and Long River's Pull keeps the spell count high while smoothing the pilot's own hand — a low-cost way to stay ahead on resources in a deck that scales with everyone drawing.
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, Long River's Pull earns its slot in any deck that wants both card selection and graveyard depth — it does two jobs for one mana investment, which is exactly the kind of efficiency singleton formats reward. Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer have access to stronger cantrips and dedicated mill payoffs, so Long River's Pull rarely clears the bar there; it's a role-player that needs a specific deck architecture to justify inclusion. In Standard it's legal and playable if a mill-or-draw-matters shell exists in the format, but it's unlikely to be a defining piece. Legacy and Vintage have cantrips so powerful that Long River's Pull doesn't compete. Commander is definitively where this card does its best work.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Long River's Pull is bulk — easy to pick up as a four-of or grab for any Commander list without a second thought. Bulk rares and uncommons at this price point rarely move unless a combo or new commander pushes demand, so don't expect appreciation, but there's no reason to hesitate on the buy.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Clement, the Worrywort
- Ms. Bumbleflower
- Grolnok, the Omnivore
- Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
- The Council of Four
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.