Roil Spout
Sorcery
Put target creature on top of its owner's library.
Awaken 4—
(If you cast this spell for , also put four +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #25343
Roil Spout puts a permanent on top of its owner's library — effectively a tempo removal spell that delays a threat rather than eliminating it, and costs three mana at sorcery speed. It's a playable budget answer in landfall-heavy Commander shells, but anywhere competition is real, you want exile or permanent removal instead.
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 |
In Commander, Roil Spout earns its slot almost exclusively in landfall decks — the triggered land drop is the whole reason to run it over cheaper or cleaner alternatives. In competitive constructed formats like Modern, Legacy, and Vintage, sorcery-speed removal that doesn't permanently answer the threat is unplayable; those formats have no interest in it. Pioneer offers the same verdict — three mana at sorcery speed to bounce a threat to the top of a library is too slow and too temporary to compete. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's situation: it's viable only if your planeswalker and signature spell strategy specifically rewards landfall triggers.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Roil Spout is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box or bundled in a dollar pile at any game store. The price is stable at the floor and won't move; there's no reason to pay more than a dime for it, and no reason to expect that to change.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.