Render Inert
Sorcery
Remove up to five counters from target permanent.
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- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #19284
Render Inert puts two -1/-1 counters on any creature and proliferates — permanent removal light, but the proliferate rider is the real reason to run it. The two-mana cost is fair, and in any deck already stacking counters or racing toward Divine Intervention's chapter VIII, that extra proliferate trigger is doing real work.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Render Inert is a Commander card through and through — the proliferate synergy only compounds in a format where games go long and counters accumulate on planeswalkers, poison chains, saga chapters, and commanders. In Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, two mana for a conditional -1/-1 effect with proliferate doesn't clear the bar when actual removal is cheap and efficient. Commander is where the effect scales: decks built around Atraxa, Praetors' Voice or any proliferate-matters shell treat it as cheap, repeatable fuel for a counter engine.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Render Inert is deep bulk — a pickup cost that requires zero justification if the deck wants it. Bulk commons with narrow synergy applications don't tend to move unless a commander pushes the archetype into mass popularity, so expect this to stay at floor price.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.