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Mana Geyser

Sorcery

Add {R} for each tapped land your opponents control.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander
Price
$1.72
EDHREC rank
#323
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Mana Geyser card art
Mana Geyser can dump a dozen or more mana into your hand in a single red instant, and the payoff scales with the number of tapped lands across all your opponents — meaning a four-player table in the midgame routinely produces eight to fifteen mana off one card. Copy it with Reiterate or Rootha, Mastering the Moment and that pile of red mana becomes an immediate game-ending storm loop.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Mana Geyser is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Pauper, but it's banned in Oathbreaker — the one format where the restriction sticks. The ban exists because Oathbreaker games are faster and more compact, making it trivial to Reiterate your way to infinite mana before opponents stabilize. Commander gives it a pass because you still need a critical mass of opponents' tapped lands and a payoff in hand on the same turn; when those pieces align it's explosive, but the setup requirement keeps it honest in a 100-card singleton format.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Rootha, Mastering the Moment

Rootha, Mastering the Moment

89.0% of decks · synergy 0.66

Rootha, Mastering the Moment is the definitive Mana Geyser commander — the commander's built-in copy ability lets you immediately double the spell, turning a large mana production into an arbitrarily large storm count when paired with any spell that untaps Rootha.

02
Shiko and Narset, Unified

Shiko and Narset, Unified

53.0% of decks · synergy 0.48

Shiko and Narset, Unified rewards casting multiple instants and sorceries in a turn, and Mana Geyser provides the burst mana needed to chain those spells together in one explosive sequence.

03
Ozai, the Phoenix King

Ozai, the Phoenix King

59.3% of decks · synergy 0.47

Ozai, the Phoenix King wants to cast multiple spells in quick succession to trigger its damage-doubling and token effects, and Mana Geyser supplies the mana spike that makes a mid-combat spell chain viable.

04
Prismari, the Inspiration

Prismari, the Inspiration

68.6% of decks · synergy 0.46

Prismari, the Inspiration scales its payoffs with high-cost spells, and Mana Geyser's mana production lets you hit those thresholds while still leaving up interaction or a finisher in the same turn.

05
Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot

Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot

46.3% of decks · synergy 0.42

Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot needs to funnel large amounts of mana into pinpoint damage, and Mana Geyser's late-game burst gives the deck the resources to hit multiple targets in a single activation window.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$1.72 cheap tier

At $1.72, Mana Geyser sits firmly in the budget tier — cheap enough to slot into any red deck without a second thought. The price reflects its wide printing history and common rarity, so there's no meaningful floor risk; it's a card you buy and never worry about again.

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