Natural End
Instant
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 3 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Core Set 2020
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #14879
Natural End destroys an artifact or enchantment and gains you 3 life for three mana — the life gain is the whole reason it exists over cheaper options like Naturalize. That said, three mana at sorcery speed is a real cost, and in most shells a two-mana answer like Disenchant or Return to Nature does the job without the tempo loss.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Dina, Soul Steeper
Dina, Soul Steeper turns every life gain trigger into a drain, so the 3 life from Natural End becomes a Lightning Bolt stapled to your removal spell — that's enough to make the sorcery speed and extra mana worth it in Dina, Soul Steeper decks specifically.
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 |
In Commander, Natural End sits in a crowded removal slot — the life gain pushes it into dedicated life gain synergy builds like Dina, Soul Steeper, but most green decks prefer Naturalize, Disenchant, or Return to Nature for the lower mana investment. In Pauper, the same logic applies: commons like Gleeful Sabotage and Wear Away are usually stronger, leaving Natural End a fringe pick at best. Across Legacy, Vintage, Modern, and Pioneer, three-mana sorcery-speed artifact and enchantment removal is unplayable — those formats move too fast and have access to far more efficient options. Natural End is a Commander-and-Pauper card, and even there it earns a slot only when the life gain matters to the deck's engine.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Natural End is deep bulk — you'll find it in bulk bins or as a throw-in without effort. That price is stable by definition: there's no demand pressure to move it, and it's been widely printed enough that supply keeps the floor exactly where it is.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.