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Manamorphose

Instant

Add two mana in any combination of colors.
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CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{R/G}
Color identity
GR
Rarity
rare
Set
Secret Lair Drop
Price
$5.27
EDHREC rank
#2527
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Manamorphose card art
Manamorphose replaces itself, fixes any two mana into any color combination, and costs nothing net — the card is free if your deck cares about spell count, and actively profitable in anything running Dual Casting or Storm, Force of Nature. It's the cleanest cantrip in red-green and earns its slot in every spellslinger shell that can run it.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Storm, Force of Nature

Storm, Force of Nature

89.3% of decks · synergy 0.80

Storm, Force of Nature triggers on every spell cast, and Manamorphose is a free trigger — it replaces itself while ticking the storm count and fixing whatever color you need next in the chain. At an 89% inclusion rate, it's essentially a staple for the archetype.

02
Wort, the Raidmother

Wort, the Raidmother

50.0% of decks · synergy 0.47

Wort, the Raidmother conspires Manamorphose for free if you have two red or green creatures tapped, turning a zero-net cantrip into two spells cast and two cards drawn. That kind of spell-count inflation is exactly what Wort's engine wants.

03
Kalamax, the Stormsire

Kalamax, the Stormsire

42.6% of decks · synergy 0.33

Kalamax, the Stormsire copies the first instant you cast each turn, so Manamorphose becomes two draws and two mana fixes while growing Kalamax at no real cost. It's a clean, low-risk way to fuel both the copy trigger and the card flow Kalamax needs to keep up.

04
The Howling Abomination

The Howling Abomination

30.7% of decks · synergy 0.27

The Howling Abomination rewards you for casting spells with odd mana values, and Manamorphose at two mana fits cleanly while keeping the cantrip chain alive. It pads the spell count without breaking the odd-CMC density the deck needs.

05
Iroh, Grand Lotus

Iroh, Grand Lotus

25.9% of decks · synergy 0.17

Iroh, Grand Lotus cares about casting noncreature spells to generate value, and Manamorphose slips in as a zero-cost trigger that draws into the next piece. Even at a 26% inclusion rate, it's a natural fit for any Iroh list leaning into spell density over creature synergies.

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 legal

In Commander, Manamorphose is a role-player rather than a staple — it earns a slot only when the deck counts spells, copies them, or needs color fixing mid-chain, which is why its home is spellslinger and storm shells specifically. In Modern and Legacy, it's a foundational piece of combo decks that need to cast multiple spells in one turn without spending real resources — storm, Prowess, and ritual-based combo all use it to chain through the deck for free. Pauper gives it another home in common-legal storm and cantrip builds where free card draw at instant speed is unusually powerful at that budget level. It's not legal in Pioneer or Standard, which mostly reflects the power ceiling those formats are designed to enforce rather than any specific brokenness on Manamorphose's part.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Quintorius KandFlickerManamorphoseDoubling Season

Quintorius KandFlickerManamorphoseDoubling Season

Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite damage; Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifegain triggers; Near-infinite magecraft triggers; Near-infinite storm count

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Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

There's no true budget replacement for Manamorphose because the combination of free mana, color fixing, and a draw on a single instant is structurally unique — the closest you get is Cerulean Wisps or Crimson Wisps, which replace themselves and generate a mana in one color, but they fix nothing and demand blue or red specifically. If the draw is the primary need, Gitaxian Probe and Opt exist at lower price points, but you're trading the mana flexibility that makes Manamorphose genuinely free in a two-color shell.

Price Context

Current price

$5.27 mid tier

At $5.27, Manamorphose sits in the mid tier — meaningful enough that you're making a deliberate purchase, but not a budget-breaker for a card you'll use across multiple decks. It has been reprinted several times and the price reflects a floor that's held reasonably steady, so buying in now for a deck that wants it is straightforward value.

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