Meditation Puzzle
Instant
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 
or one mana of that creature's color.)
You gain 8 life.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2015
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #23820
Meditation Puzzle gains you life equal to the number of untapped lands you control — a ceiling that rarely clears 10 in any realistic game state. Four mana for conditional, non-interactive life gain that replaces itself with nothing is a bulk rare for a reason.
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 |
Meditation Puzzle is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it earns a slot in approximately none of them. In Commander, life gain needs to either trigger engines like Aetherflux Reservoir or arrive in large enough chunks to matter against three opponents — a mid-game Meditation Puzzle rarely does either. Pauper is the one format where cheap life gain sees fringe play in dedicated lifegain or Fog-style decks, but even there a four-mana instant that doesn't stabilize the board is too slow. Outside of a highly specific combo shell that cares about the exact text on this card, leave it in the bulk bin.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Meditation Puzzle is deep bulk — the kind of card that clogs trade binders rather than moving. Don't expect the price to move; there's no Commander archetype or competitive shell waiting to spike demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.