Sorin's Vengeance
Sorcery
Sorin's Vengeance deals 10 damage to target player or planeswalker and you gain 10 life.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $2.97
- EDHREC rank
- #12316
Sorin's Vengeance hits one opponent for 10 and gains you 10 life — a 20-point life swing for seven mana with no conditions attached. That cost is steep in a vacuum, but Magar of the Magic Strings turns it into a repeatable threat that renders the sticker price irrelevant.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Magar of the Magic Strings
Magar of the Magic Strings runs Sorin's Vengeance as its signature high-impact instant, copying it onto a 3/3 token that threatens to fork lethal damage every time it connects — 29% synergy score and nearly 30% inclusion rate make it the card's natural home.
Hidetsugu and Kairi
Hidetsugu and Kairi's death trigger puts the top card of your library into play for free, and Sorin's Vengeance is one of the highest-ceiling instants you can spike off that trigger — a 22% synergy score reflects how often Hidetsugu and Kairi pilots treat it as a must-include.
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose doubles every point of life gain into drain, so the 10 life from Sorin's Vengeance becomes an additional 10 damage to any target — that rider alone justifies the slot in 11% of Vito builds.
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 |
Commander is where Sorin's Vengeance earns its keep — three-player games mean one opponent absorbs the full 10 damage and 10 life, and recast or copy engines like Magar of the Magic Strings make the seven-mana cost a feature rather than a drawback. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but sees no competitive play; seven mana is a game-ending investment in those formats and Sorin's Vengeance doesn't end the game reliably enough to justify the slot. Oathbreaker lets you run it under a damage-amplifying planeswalker signature, which is its one other home where the ceiling rises meaningfully.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.97 cheap tier
At $2.97, Sorin's Vengeance sits comfortably in budget territory with no meaningful reprint pressure keeping it there — it's just not widely demanded outside its specific homes. That price holds as long as Magar of the Magic Strings remains a popular commander, since it's the primary driver of any demand the card has.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.