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Need for Speed

Enchantment

Sacrifice a land: Target creature gains haste until end of turn.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Odyssey
Price
$8.58
EDHREC rank
#13826
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Need for Speed card art
Need for Speed turns any land into a haste enabler for the turn, giving creature-combo decks a way to win the same turn they assemble without dedicating a permanent slot to the effect. The land-sacrifice cost is real — watch for Shifting Woodland and other utility lands you can't afford to lose — but the enchantment's one-mana entry and zero-tap-cost activation make it among the cheapest haste outlets available.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Need for Speed earns its reputation — creature combo decks that win by attacking or activating on the same turn they go off treat it as a near-staple, and the low install cost means it rarely costs you a tempo turn. Legacy and Vintage are legal but have no real use case here; faster, more resilient options exist and the enchantment's incremental activation model doesn't match those formats' pace. Need for Speed is ultimately a Commander card, and specifically a combo-Commander card — in goodstuff or midrange builds, the land sacrifice adds up faster than the haste grants pay you back.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Need for Speed's closest functional replacement is Swiftfoot Boots or Lightning Greaves, which protect the creature too but cost an additional equip mana and target only one creature at a time. For mass haste on a budget, Fires of Yavimaya costs no ongoing resources and stays on the battlefield permanently, though it requires green or red and dies to enchantment removal.

Price Context

Current price

$8.58 mid tier

At $8.58, Need for Speed sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate inclusion, cheap enough that it's not a barrier for serious builds. The price is stable given consistent combo demand in Commander, and it's unlikely to drop significantly unless a reprint lands in a widely distributed product.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.