Reaping the Rewards
Instant
Buyback—Sacrifice a land. (You may sacrifice a land in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
You gain 2 life.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Exodus
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #27398
Reaping the Rewards gains you life equal to the number of creatures you control — at instant speed, for one white mana, with a buyback cost that lets you loop it as long as you have lands to return. The floor is negligible in a vacuum, but in a token-dense or lifegain-matters shell it converts board presence directly into a repeatable resource.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Reaping the Rewards earns its slot in two specific niches: token strategies that run a lifegain payoff like Aetherflux Reservoir or Sanguine Bond, and dedicated lifegain commanders where every point triggers an ability. Pauper is where it sees the most structured play — white weenie and token builds can loop it through a long game to stabilize against burn or force through a win with drain effects. Legacy and Vintage are both legal but irrelevant; the card simply isn't doing anything competitive formats care about. Commander remains the primary home, and even there it's a role-player, not a staple.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Reaping the Rewards is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. There's no pressure driving the price up, and no reason it moves unless a Commander precon puts it in front of a million players.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.