Rain of Revelation
Instant
Draw three cards, then discard a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #13474
Rain of Revelation draws four cards, lets you keep the best three, and costs four mana at instant speed — that's a meaningful card-quality effect that's live at the end of your opponent's turn. Melek, Reforged Researcher decks run it at a 20% clip because looting at instant speed plays directly into spell-stacking and graveyard setup.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Melek, Reforged Researcher
Melek, Reforged Researcher cares about spells in the graveyard and casting from non-hand zones, so Rain of Revelation does double duty: it filters toward your best instants and sorceries while feeding the graveyard pile Melek wants to work with.
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, Rain of Revelation occupies a solid middle tier — not the first draw spell you slot, but a reliable instant-speed four-drop that keeps your hand full and your options open at the end of the table's turn. In Pauper, it's a legitimate card-selection tool in spell-heavy blue decks that can't access most premium draw at common. Legacy and Vintage have strictly better options at lower cost, so Rain of Revelation doesn't see competitive play there. Pioneer and Modern blue decks similarly have enough alternatives that this sits on the fringe, but budget builds that need the effect can reach for it without embarrassment.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Rain of Revelation is deep bulk — you're paying pennies for a card that does real work in Commander. Bulk common-level pricing tends to be stable, so there's no meaningful downside to picking up copies.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Melek, Reforged Researcher
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.