Notion Rain
Sorcery
Surveil 2, then draw two cards. Notion Rain deals 2 damage to you. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #8069
Notion Rain draws two cards and puts two cards in your graveyard for three mana — that's a lot of work on a single spell. The life payment is trivial in Commander; the self-mill is a feature, not a cost, in any deck that wants cards in the graveyard, making Mirko, Obsessive Theorist one of its best homes.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist turns every card milled into pressure on opponents, so Notion Rain pulling double duty as card selection and graveyard fuel is exactly what the deck wants — 63% inclusion in Mirko decks isn't an accident.
Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy // Scion of Halaster
Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy // Scion of Halaster recasts instants and sorceries from the graveyard, so Notion Rain milling itself or a second copy into the bin effectively multiplies its own value in that shell.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Notion Rain is a respectable role-player in Dimir and Sultai self-mill or reanimator builds — three mana for two cards plus two milled hits the right density for decks that need both selection and graveyard setup. Pauper is where Notion Rain actually sees competitive consideration, since card draw at common is genuinely scarce and the surveil-adjacent self-mill counts for something in graveyard-oriented builds there. In Pioneer, Modern, and Legacy, Notion Rain competes against far more efficient cantrips and draw spells, so it rarely makes the cut outside of budget or highly synergistic shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Notion Rain is pure bulk — grab a copy without thinking about it. Bulk commons with graveyard utility tend to hold their floor, so there's no timing decision to make here.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Mirko, Obsessive Theorist
- Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy // Scion of Halaster
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.