Pia's Revolution
Enchantment
Whenever a nontoken artifact is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, return that card to your hand unless target opponent has this enchantment deal 3 damage to them.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Aether Revolt Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #6829
Pia's Revolution turns every artifact that hits the graveyard into a forced choice for your opponents — return it to hand or take 3 damage — and in artifact-heavy shells that choice comes up so often that opponents either bleed out or hand you back every piece you've lost. At three mana with no additional cost to operate, it's one of the most efficient engines in the format for grinding through removal, and Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp decks in particular treat it as a near-mandatory include.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp
Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp is built around modular counters moving between artifacts as they die and enter, so Pia's Revolution sits at the center of that loop — every artifact death either returns a piece to hand or punches an opponent for 3, making it nearly impossible for removal to generate clean value against the deck.
Megatron, Tyrant
Megatron, Tyrant generates artifact tokens and wants opponents pressured through repeated non-combat damage, so Pia's Revolution doubles as a drain engine every time a token or equipment hits the yard, turning removal spells into 3-damage gifts.
Balthier and Fran
Balthier and Fran care about artifacts entering and leaving play in quick succession, and Pia's Revolution punishes opponents who try to disrupt that flow by making every removal spell cost 3 life or hand back the piece.
Imskir Iron-Eater
Imskir Iron-Eater wants to sacrifice artifacts for value repeatedly, and Pia's Revolution converts each of those self-sacrifices into either recursion or direct pressure — the card essentially gets paid off within a single turn cycle in that shell.
Ragost, Deft Gastronaut
Ragost, Deft Gastronaut cares about artifacts entering the battlefield and incidentally generates lots of them, so Pia's Revolution provides a background threat that taxes opponents for any interaction they throw at the board.
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 |
Commander is where Pia's Revolution earns its reputation — artifact decks run enough fodder that the forced damage-or-return choice comes up every turn cycle, and three opponents simultaneously bleeding out from it is a real clock. In Modern and Legacy it sees fringe play in artifact combo shells where the recursion angle matters more than the damage, but it rarely displaces more focused interaction. Pioneer offers similar niche use in artifact synergy builds, though the format's speed limits how much time you have to grind. Vintage has access to so many faster engines that Pia's Revolution doesn't make the cut competitively, and it's absent from Pauper by rarity.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data isn't available in the current index for Pia's Revolution, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest. Given its near-50% inclusion rate in Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp decks and relevance across multiple artifact commanders, it tends to hold a stable floor rather than sitting as a bulk rare.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp
- Megatron, Tyrant
- Balthier and Fran
- Imskir Iron-Eater
- Ragost, Deft Gastronaut
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.