Primal Visitation
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has haste.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #26750
Primal Visitation staples a +1/+1 counter and trample onto a creature for five mana at sorcery speed — the effect is real, the cost is not. Five mana to pump one creature once is too slow and too fragile for any format where interaction exists.
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 |
Primal Visitation is a pauper-legal common, and that's the only format where it warrants serious consideration — green pump spells compete on rate, and five mana is steep even there. In Commander, it's outclassed by auras and equipment that either stick around or cost less, and the sorcery speed means the buffed creature is visible before it ever attacks. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have no interest in a five-mana single-target pump spell at any rarity. Pauper stompy shells might test it as a finisher in a pinch, but even there, the bar for five-mana sorceries is high.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Primal Visitation sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying for cardboard, not the effect. Bulk commons don't appreciate, so there's no reason to stock up beyond what you actually plan to play.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.