Necra Sanctuary
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control a green or white permanent, target player loses 1 life. If you control a green permanent and a white permanent, that player loses 3 life instead.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Apocalypse
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #29467
Necra Sanctuary gains you 2 life per turn in a three-color shell that runs white, black, and green — conditional, slow, and replaceable by nearly anything else in that slot. It's a bulk rare for a reason.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Necra Sanctuary is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, gaining 2 life per upkeep is too slow to matter — you're at 40 life, and decks that want life gain have far more explosive payoffs available. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a three-color enchantment that does nothing the turn it enters. Oathbreaker shares Commander's scale and similarly has better options.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Necra Sanctuary is deep bulk — the price reflects demand, which is close to zero. Don't expect that to change; the card has no breakout application waiting to be discovered.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.