Reinforcements
Instant
Put up to three target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alliances
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #20031
Reinforcements puts up to three creatures from your graveyard back on top of your library in any order — instant speed, one white mana. That rate is narrow enough that it only earns a slot when your deck specifically wants to recycle key creatures or set up a draw trigger, but when it fits, it overperforms its cost by a wide margin.
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, Reinforcements is a role-player rather than a staple — it earns its slot in graveyard-recursion builds that want to reload the library with specific creatures after a wrath or a reanimation loop, and the instant speed occasionally matters for setting up a draw trigger in response to an opponent's action. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but have no reason to run it over more powerful graveyard manipulation; the formats move too fast for a one-mana library-order effect that doesn't replace itself. Pauper is the other format where Reinforcements occasionally surfaces, specifically in white-based creature-recursion decks that want cheap library manipulation at common rarity without spending a draw spell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Reinforcements is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy. The price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is ample, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.