Sosuke's Summons
Sorcery
Create two 1/1 green Snake creature tokens.
Whenever a nontoken Snake you control enters, you may return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #13694
Sosuke's Summons puts two 1/1 Snake tokens into play and then returns itself to your hand every time a non-token Snake you control deals combat damage — that recursive loop is the entire point. Three mana is a fair ask for the initial pair, and in any Snake-tribal shell that actually connects in combat, the card functionally never stays in your graveyard long enough to matter.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aphelia, Viper Whisperer
Aphelia, Viper Whisperer turns every Snake token into a potential trigger, which means Sosuke's Summons doesn't just refill the board once — it keeps cycling back as long as your Snakes are hitting players and generating the noncombat damage Aphelia wants.
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 |
Sosuke's Summons is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its home is Commander by a wide margin. The card's power is entirely tied to repeated recursion, and a 40-life multiplayer game gives you the turns and the multiple opponents needed to cash in the return trigger over and over. In Legacy or Modern, three mana for two 1/1s with a conditional recursion clause is nowhere near competitive — faster threats dominate both formats before the engine ever gets moving. Commander is where Sosuke's Summons earns its slot, specifically in Snake-tribal builds that run enough noncreature Snakes or token-adjacent payoffs to exploit the loop.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Sosuke's Summons sits firmly in bulk territory, which makes it an easy inclusion — you're not making a financial commitment, just a deckbuilding one. Bulk rares with narrow tribal applications rarely climb unless a pushed new commander drags them up, so don't expect the price to move significantly outside of a breakout Aphelia, Viper Whisperer spike.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.