Salvage
Sorcery
Put target card from your graveyard on top of your library.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #21611
Salvage returns two target cards from your graveyard to your hand for two mana — raw recursion with no setup required. It's a clean rate for what it does, and in graveyard-reliant shells it earns its slot.
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, Salvage competes in a crowded recursion market, but its ability to hit any two cards — not just creatures or artifacts — gives it flexibility most role-players lack. Pauper is where Salvage is most at home, filling recursion slots in common-only decks that can't afford more powerful options. Legacy and Vintage have access to strictly better recursion at comparable or lower cost, so Salvage rarely makes the cut in those formats. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: playable in graveyard-centric builds, outclassed in tuned lists.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Salvage is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up in a trade binder without thinking twice. Don't expect that price to move; it's widely available and sees no meaningful competitive demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.