Pulse of Murasa
Instant
Return target creature or land card from a graveyard to its owner's hand. You gain 6 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Oath of the Gatewatch
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #10308
Pulse of Murasa returns any creature or land from any graveyard to its owner's hand and gains you 6 life — all for three mana at instant speed. That combination of versatility, life gain, and graveyard interaction on one cheap spell earns it a slot in nearly any green deck that needs resilience.
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, Pulse of Murasa pulls double duty: it recovers a killed commander (before it moves to the command zone, if the player opts to leave it), retrieves a key land after a strip effect, and incidentally swings life totals in a format where 40 life makes 6 points meaningful. In Pauper it sees real play as a mainstay of Tron and midrange sideboards, where the life gain actively stabilizes against aggro while the recursion rebuilds the engine. Modern and Legacy have faster clocks and more efficient options, so Pulse of Murasa sits in sideboards at best — still usable, just rarely optimal. Pioneer and Oathbreaker mirror the Commander case: elastic enough to justify the slot in grindier, creature-heavy builds.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Pulse of Murasa is firmly bulk — cheap enough to include on pure utility grounds without a second thought. Price stability at this tier is essentially guaranteed; it won't spike, but it won't disappear from dollar bins either.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.