Sangrite Surge
Sorcery
Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains double strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #28988
Sangrite Surge lands as a one-shot pump spell: +3/+3 and double strike on a single creature until end of turn, which is enough to end a game from nowhere if your commander is already swinging. Six mana for a trick that doesn't generate card advantage is a steep ask, and most Commander lists have better ways to close.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Sangrite Surge is a fringe finisher — it earns a slot only in dedicated Voltron or combat-damage builds where six mana for a one-turn swing translates directly into 21 commander damage. In Legacy and Vintage, it's unplayed; those formats move faster than a six-mana sorcery-speed trick can keep up with, and both offer far more efficient closes. Modern has no real use for it either — aggressive shells don't want to tap out at six for a non-permanent, and combo decks ignore it entirely. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case where a low-starting-loyalty planeswalker as commander pairs with a kill spell, but Sangrite Surge still competes with cheaper options in that slot.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Sangrite Surge is deep bulk — the kind of card you find in a trade binder's back pages. There's no pressure on that price to move; demand is too narrow to push it anywhere, so pick it up freely if a Voltron build calls for it.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.