Pulse of the Tangle
Sorcery
Create a 3/3 green Beast creature token. Then if an opponent controls more creatures than you, return Pulse of the Tangle to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Salvat 2005
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #25293
Pulse of the Tangle creates a 3/3 Beast token for three mana and bounces itself to hand whenever an opponent controls a creature with greater power — meaning in most green Commander pods, it just keeps coming back. It's a repeatable token engine stapled to a cheap spell, and the recursion condition is rarely hard to meet.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Pulse of the Tangle is a legitimate token engine in green midrange and stompy builds — the format's board states are wide and powerful enough that the bounce condition almost always resolves in your favor. In Legacy and Vintage it's a nostalgic curiosity at best; three mana for a 3/3 doesn't compete with what those formats are doing, and the recursion clause doesn't change that math. Modern is legal but similarly inhospitable — the card was never played there competitively and has no path in now. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's creature-heavy dynamics that Pulse of the Tangle can find a home there too, particularly in green superfriends shells that want cheap board presence.
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Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data isn't currently available for Pulse of the Tangle, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest. As a casual-interest card from an older set with narrow competitive appeal, it typically sits at bulk or near-bulk pricing — worth picking up for a dollar or less if it fits your deck.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.