Pull from the Deep
Sorcery
Return up to one target instant card and up to one target sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Pull from the Deep.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Journey into Nyx
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #15616
Pull from the Deep returns one instant and one sorcery from your graveyard to your hand for four mana — straightforward recursion that replaces itself in most spell-heavy decks. The cost drops dramatically under Hinata, Dawn-Crowned, making it one of the better rate plays that commander can produce.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Hinata, Dawn-Crowned
Hinata, Dawn-Crowned reduces the cost of Pull from the Deep based on how many targets it has, and since it targets two cards in your graveyard, that discount is immediate and reliable — often cutting the cost to two mana while recovering the exact spells you need to keep the engine running.
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 |
Pull from the Deep is a Commander card through and through — the graveyard recursion payoff compounds over a long game in ways that matter at 100-card singleton, where getting back the right instant and sorcery can functionally rebuy an entire turn's worth of interaction. In Modern and Legacy, four mana for two cards already in the graveyard is too slow and too conditional against faster, more redundant threats. Pioneer is the same story — the format's midrange and combo decks outpace it before the recursion becomes relevant. Stick to Commander, where the card earns its slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Pull from the Deep is firmly bulk — the kind of card you pick out of a box rather than order individually. Bulk rare prices like this rarely move unless a pushed commander drives sudden demand, so don't expect the price to change.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.