Rent Is Due
Enchantment
At the beginning of your end step, you may tap two untapped creatures and/or Treasures you control. If you do, draw a card. Otherwise, sacrifice this enchantment.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #12996
Rent Is Due forces each opponent to sacrifice a land or pay 4 life — at three mana, that's a meaningful tax that either sets back the greediest mana base at the table or drains a combined 12 life across three opponents. It's not a staple, but in landfall punishment or group slug shells, Rent Is Due earns its slot.
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 |
Commander is where Rent Is Due does its real work — three opponents multiplies both the land sacrifice pressure and the life drain, making the aggregate impact far larger than the mana investment. In 1v1 formats like Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage, the effect shrinks to a single opponent's choice, and at that scale there are simply stronger disruption options at three mana. Standard gives it the most accessible home for casual constructed, though dedicated land-sacrifice effects rarely show up in those metas. Rent Is Due is a Commander card wearing a universal legality badge.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Rent Is Due sits firmly in bulk territory — pickup cost is negligible. Bulk rares with narrow appeal rarely climb unless a synergistic commander spikes demand, so treat it as a cheap role-player, not a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.