Magma Vein
Enchantment
, Sacrifice a land: This enchantment deals 1 damage to each creature without flying.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #28558
Magma Vein hits the table and immediately taxes every opponent's colored spells, turning each cast into an extra mana payment they didn't budget for. At three mana for a permanent that compounds across all four opponents, the effect-to-cost ratio is real — this is a group-slug piece that earns its slot in the right shell.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Magma Vein does its best work — four opponents means four players hemorrhaging extra mana on every colored spell, and the effect compounds fast in a format built around expensive, multicolored cards. Outside Commander, the card is legal in Legacy and Vintage but has never carved out a role there; those formats move too fast and too efficiently for a three-mana enchantment that doesn't interact directly with the board. Oathbreaker offers a similar multiplayer context to Commander and the same logic applies, though the smaller card pool and faster games make it a tighter inclusion decision.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Magma Vein is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. That price is stable by default; there's no pressure pushing it up unless a high-profile Commander deck puts it on the radar.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.