Maximize Altitude
Sorcery
Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains flying until end of turn.
Jump-start (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile this card.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #19714
Maximize Altitude gives a creature flying and +1/+1 until end of turn for a single blue mana — cheap enough to slot into almost any tempo or prowess shell without a second thought. Neerdiv, Devious Diver is its best home, where that instant-speed flight grant doubles as both an evasion tool and a trigger for Neerdiv's ability.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Neerdiv, Devious Diver
Neerdiv, Devious Diver cares about casting spells while attacking, and Maximize Altitude is exactly the kind of cheap instant that fuels that engine — one mana to grant evasion mid-combat while simultaneously triggering Neerdiv's ability.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Maximize Altitude is legal across every major format but sees play almost exclusively in Pauper, where cheap cantrip-adjacent spells that trigger prowess or spell-count synergies carry real weight. In Commander, it's a role-player rather than a staple — you run it in specific builds like Neerdiv, Devious Diver that need cheap instants to chain, not as a general blue inclusion. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have faster, more impactful one-mana blue spells, so Maximize Altitude doesn't crack those formats outside of fringe prowess brews.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Maximize Altitude is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box without thinking twice. Bulk commons don't appreciate, so buy it for the effect, not the price tag.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.