Medicine Bag
Artifact
, 
, Discard a card: Regenerate target creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Exodus
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #21750
Medicine Bag taps to regenerate a creature for one generic mana — repeatable protection stapled to an artifact that any deck can run. The cost is the tap requirement: you need it in play and untapped before blockers are declared, which makes it reactive but not free.
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 |
Medicine Bag sees virtually no competitive play in Legacy or Vintage — regeneration as a protection effect has been lapped by hexproof-granting and indestructibility-granting alternatives that don't require tapping an artifact. In Commander, it occupies a narrow niche: artifact-matters decks or extremely budget builds that need a reusable way to protect a key creature. The tap cost means it rarely earns a slot over more efficient options, but at bulk price the barrier to trying it is essentially zero.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Medicine Bag is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. Don't expect that to change; regeneration effects at this cost have no competitive home that would push the price.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.