Seeds of Renewal
Sorcery
Undaunted (This spell costs 
less to cast for each opponent.)
Return up to two target cards from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Seeds of Renewal.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2016
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #14919
Seeds of Renewal returns two permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand — that's two spells' worth of card advantage on a single effect. The cost is steep at five mana, and it only shines when Galadriel, Elven-Queen's ring-tempting engine has already loaded your graveyard with enough targets to make the dig worthwhile.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Galadriel, Elven-Queen
Galadriel, Elven-Queen's ring-tempting triggers mill permanents into the graveyard at pace, giving Seeds of Renewal exactly the deep graveyard it needs to recover two high-value pieces — an enchantment, a key creature, whatever the board demanded you sacrifice — in one shot.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Seeds of Renewal is a Commander card through and through — the singleton format's longer games and graveyard-centric strategies give it room to pay off, and five mana is easier to justify when the average game runs twelve-plus turns. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but functionally absent; those formats move too fast for a sorcery-speed five-drop that doesn't affect the board immediately. Oathbreaker is a possible home if the planeswalker commander incentivizes graveyard recursion, though the two-permanent ceiling starts to feel narrow in a 60-card, faster-paced environment.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Seeds of Renewal sits firmly in bulk territory — it's a pickup-bin addition, not a budget stretch. Bulk rares with niche applications rarely spike unless a new commander pushes the mechanic into the mainstream, so expect the price to stay flat unless Tolkien-themed graveyard commanders proliferate further.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.