Misfortune's Gain
Sorcery
Destroy target creature. Its owner gains 4 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Masters Edition III
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #30086
Misfortune's Gain trades a life payment for a creature removal spell plus a life swing, making it a two-for-one in tempo and life total simultaneously. At common, it's a clean rate for any black deck that wants removal without spending a lot of mana or money.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Misfortune's Gain occupies the lower tier of black removal — functional, but competing with unconditional options like Go for the Throat and Doom Blade that don't require life investment. Pauper is where Misfortune's Gain earns real consideration, since the card pool narrows and every efficient common removal spell matters. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — the powered environments there have no interest in this rate. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's calculus: playable filler if you're on a tight budget, cut-first when upgrading.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Misfortune's Gain isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. As a common, it's almost certainly under $0.50 and worth picking up as budget removal if you need to fill a slot.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.