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Savage Summoning

Instant

This spell can't be countered.
The next creature spell you cast this turn can be cast as though it had flash. That spell can't be countered. That creature enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
Magic 2014
Price
$1.31
EDHREC rank
#10123
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Savage Summoning card art
Savage Summoning lets you drop a creature at instant speed while making it uncounterable and giving it a one-turn +1/+1 counter — the effect is real, but the narrow application is the cost. Outside of specific commanders like Aeve, Progenitor Ooze where resolving the spell through countermagic is the whole game, or niche hate-piece scenarios like sneaking in Dormant Sliver mid-combat, it rarely earns a slot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Aeve, Progenitor Ooze

Aeve, Progenitor Ooze

13.4% of decks · synergy 0.12

Aeve, Progenitor Ooze is a storm commander that lives and dies by whether the commander resolves, making Savage Summoning's uncounterable clause directly relevant — one Aeve trigger chain that would otherwise get countered is enough to justify the slot.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Savage Summoning fills a specific niche: protecting a high-value creature from interaction on the stack while also enabling surprise-blocker plays that sorcery-speed casts can't match. Outside of dedicated creature-storm or commander-reliant strategies, though, most decks would rather run a counterspell or a card that generates ongoing value. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer the card is legal but essentially unseen — one mana for flash plus uncounterable is weaker than just including the creature in a shell that doesn't need the insurance. Savage Summoning is a Commander card through and through, and even there it belongs in a narrow slice of decks.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.31 cheap tier

At $1.31, Savage Summoning sits comfortably in the cheap tier — low enough that slotting it in the right deck costs nothing meaningful. It's a low-volume card with a small target audience, so the price is unlikely to crater, but don't expect it to appreciate either.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.