Nature's Claim
Instant
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller gains 4 life.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Iconic Masters
- Price
- $1.16
- EDHREC rank
- #366
Nature's Claim hits any artifact or enchantment for a single green mana — the 4-life rider for your opponent is irrelevant in most games and trivial in Commander. At one mana, it's the most efficient answer green has to problem permanents like Rhystic Study or Smothering Tithe, and Edric, Spymaster of Trest decks that need to keep their mana free for combat tricks run it as a matter of course.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Edric, Spymaster of Trest runs a lean, low-to-the-ground game where every mana counts, and Nature's Claim answers hate pieces like Propaganda or Ghostly Prison for one mana without breaking the tempo that makes the deck function.
Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
Rashmi, Eternities Crafter wants interaction that's cheap enough to hold up on opponents' turns while leaving mana open for free casts, and Nature's Claim at one mana fits cleanly into that window.
Yisan, the Wanderer Bard
Yisan, the Wanderer Bard is all-in on protecting its tap engine from enchantment-based removal and stax pieces, and Nature's Claim is cheap enough to answer those threats without eating into a turn's worth of activation mana.
Kalamax, the Stormsire
Kalamax, the Stormsire copies instants when tapped and attacking, so Nature's Claim — a one-mana instant — becomes a two-for-one answer that blows out two problem permanents for almost nothing.
Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist
Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist hands out Salamander tokens to opponents, so clearing out the enchantments and artifacts they use to leverage those tokens is exactly the kind of board management the deck needs, and Nature's Claim does it cheaply.
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 |
Nature's Claim is a staple in Commander — one mana for instant-speed artifact or enchantment removal is a rate the format demands, and the 4-life gain for your opponent doesn't matter when you're eliminating a Smothering Tithe, an Aura Shards, or a Grafdigger's Cage threatening a combo. In Legacy and Vintage, Nature's Claim sees play primarily as sideboard tech against enchantment-based lock pieces and artifact combo setups, where one mana is the threshold for competitive inclusion. Pauper runs it as a cheap answer in green sideboards, legal and cheap enough to slot in whenever the matchup calls for it. It's not in Pioneer or Standard, but at every level where it's legal, the one-mana cost is the entire argument.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.16 cheap tier
At $1.16, Nature's Claim sits in the cheap tier — an easy include that won't strain any budget. The price is stable given how widely it's played across Commander, Legacy, and Pauper; it's not going up, but it's not going anywhere either.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Edric, Spymaster of Trest
- Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
- Yisan, the Wanderer Bard
- Kalamax, the Stormsire
- Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.