Social Snub
Sorcery
When you cast this spell while you control a creature, you may copy this spell.
Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice. Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #23119
Social Snub deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker and makes its controller lose 3 life — six total points of pressure for two mana. Efficient spot removal at this rate belongs in aggressive and burn-adjacent Commander builds without question.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Social Snub punches above its mana cost — 3 damage kills most mana dorks and early utility creatures, while the life loss adds real pressure in a format where players start at 40. Aggressive red commanders that want to keep the board clear cheaply will find it a reliable slot-filler. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern and Pioneer, it competes against Lightning Bolt and its close relatives, where the lack of instant speed or flexibility (it can't hit players directly) usually knocks it out of the top tier. Legacy and Vintage have even higher bars. Standard is its most forgiving non-Commander home, where the power ceiling is lower and two-mana removal with this much damage is genuinely above rate.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Social Snub is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without thinking twice. Bulk rares can spike on competitive breakouts, but a narrow sorcery-speed removal spell has little upward pressure; expect it to stay at the floor.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.