Ravenous Amulet
Artifact
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, Sacrifice a creature: Draw a card and put a soul counter on this artifact. Activate only as a sorcery.
, , Sacrifice this artifact: Each opponent loses life equal to the number of soul counters on this artifact.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Foundations
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #7045
Ravenous Amulet turns excess mana into life and cards in a single tap, which is exactly the kind of late-game gas engine creature-heavy Commander decks want. Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods decks run it because the life gain feeds back into Yarus's attack triggers and the draw keeps the board replenished.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods
Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods floods the board with big creatures and swings wide, and Ravenous Amulet converts that battlefield pressure into life and card draw — keeping the hand full after committing so many resources.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ravenous Amulet is a Commander card — full stop. In a 40-life, multiplayer game, the life gain is meaningful and the card draw compounds over a long game, two things that barely register in 20-life one-on-one formats. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, a three-mana artifact that does nothing the turn it enters and requires a mana investment to activate simply cannot compete with the efficiency those formats demand. Standard and Oathbreaker are legal homes on paper, but the card's ceiling is squarely in Commander, where the slower clock and larger life totals let Ravenous Amulet actually matter.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Ravenous Amulet is bulk — pick it up without thinking twice if it fits your list. Bulk rares with narrow homes don't tend to climb unless a breakout commander pushes demand, so treat this as a cheap role-player rather than a spec.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.