March of Burgeoning Life
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of green cards from your hand. This spell costs 
less to cast for each card exiled this way.
Choose target creature with mana value less than X. Search your library for a creature card with the same name as that creature, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Promos
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #22971
March of Burgeoning Life puts any creature from your hand directly onto the battlefield — no mana cost paid — at instant speed, and the pitch cost of discarding green cards makes it essentially free in the right deck. It's a narrow card that does something powerful enough to justify a slot wherever creature deployment timing actually matters.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, March of Burgeoning Life occupies a specific niche: green decks that run dense creature curves and need either surprise interaction or a way to deploy threats through tax effects and counter magic. The pitch-to-cast ratio means it scales with how green your hand is, so it belongs in mono-green or heavily green two-color builds more than five-color piles. In competitive Legacy and Vintage the card sees essentially no play — those formats have faster, more consistent ways to cheat creatures into play, and the conditional pitch cost doesn't line up cleanly against the format's tempo demands. Modern and Pioneer are similarly cold on it; the effect isn't efficient enough against the removal density those formats bring. Commander is where March of Burgeoning Life has its best argument, and even there it's a role-player rather than a staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, March of Burgeoning Life is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or as a throw-in. Its niche demand keeps it there; it won't spike unless a commander that perfectly leverages instant-speed free creature deployment breaks out.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.