Nissa's Renewal
Sorcery
Search your library for up to three basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. You gain 7 life.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Zendikar Rising Commander
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #8104
Nissa's Renewal puts three basic lands onto the battlefield and gains you 7 life for six mana — a massive swing of resources in a single spell. It's too slow for competitive tables, but in midrange or casual Commander builds, especially anything that rewards land counts, it pulls real weight.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor scales directly off lands entering the battlefield, and Nissa's Renewal drops three at once — that's three separate triggers, a sudden pump, and a life buffer that buys time for the land-creature beatdown to close.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Nissa's Renewal is a Commander card through and through — six mana does nothing in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where the game is often decided before this resolves. In those formats it's unplayable, full stop. Commander is the only context where the math works: the life gain is meaningful, three lands at once is a legitimate tempo play in slower pods, and the spell converts dead draws late into relevance.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Nissa's Renewal sits firmly in bulk territory, which is appropriate — demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move. Grab a copy if you need it; there's no reason to pay more.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.