Natural Spring
Sorcery
Target player gains 8 life.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Salvat 2011
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #26763
Natural Spring gives one player eight life — no permanent, no land, no ongoing effect, just a one-time life bump for six mana. Outside of very specific lifegain-matters strategies, six mana for eight life is nowhere near a competitive rate.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Natural Spring is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, where six mana needs to dramatically change a board state, Natural Spring rarely justifies the slot — lifegain decks that care about the trigger (Oloro, Ageless Ascetic; Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose) can find that eight life on cheaper cards. In Pauper it's similarly outclassed by cards like Revitalize or Rest for the Weary at a fraction of the cost. Legacy and Vintage don't want it at all.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Natural Spring isn't available here — check Scryfall for current listings. Given its limited competitive application, it's almost certainly a bulk common regardless of edition.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.