Sink into Takenuma
Sorcery — Arcane
Sweep — Return any number of Swamps you control to their owner's hand. Target player discards a card for each Swamp returned this way.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #26769
Sink into Takenuma makes every opponent discard a card and mill three for a single black mana, with the channel cost scaling up only if you want the effect without drawing the card. At one mana, it's one of the most efficient discard spells in Commander and earns a slot in any black deck that wants to pressure hands.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Sink into Takenuma hits all three opponents for one mana — that's three cards discarded and nine cards milled before anyone untaps, which is exceptional value for a single spell. In Pauper it competes in a format that actually respects cheap discard, and the channel ability means you can pitch it from hand as a land-drop replacement in tight spots. Legacy and Vintage have access to faster disruption, so Sink into Takenuma rarely makes those 60-card lists, but it's not embarrassing there either. The channel mechanic is the real upside: a spell that doubles as a land is never truly dead, which makes it a reliable inclusion across any format where it's legal.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Sink into Takenuma is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that would cost several dollars if it only did half of what it does. The price is unlikely to climb given its common-adjacent availability, so pick up copies freely.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.