Soul Strings
Sorcery
Return two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand unless any player pays 
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- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Prophecy
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #26079
Soul Strings returns two target creatures from your graveyard to your hand for a cost that scales down by one for each creature already in your graveyard — meaning a full bin can make this effectively free. It's a niche reanimation-adjacent spell that earns its slot only in decks that fill the yard fast and need to rebuy specific creatures repeatedly.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Soul Strings is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker — the formats where it's theoretically playable are also the ones with enough graveyard velocity to make the cost reduction meaningful. In Commander it finds the clearest home in self-mill or sacrifice loops where the graveyard is reliably stocked, letting Soul Strings approach zero mana while recovering two key creatures at once. In Pauper it's outclassed by more consistent common-slot reanimation, and Legacy and Vintage have enough broken options that this rarely competes. The card is a Commander-specific pickup and almost nowhere else.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Soul Strings is deep bulk — you're buying it out of a commons box, not tracking it down as a meaningful purchase. That price is stable because demand is narrow; it won't spike unless a breakout Commander deck pushes creature-heavy graveyard loops into the spotlight.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.