Spellscorn Coven // Take It Back
Creature — Faerie Warlock // Instant — Adventure
Flying
When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #10442
Spellscorn Coven // Take It Back puts three 1/1 faerie rogues onto the battlefield and staples on a clean answer to problem permanents like Approach of the Second Sun — all for three mana. The back half returning a nonland permanent to hand is the part that earns the slot; the tokens are the bonus, not the other way around. Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor decks run it because every faerie that enters draws a card, making a three-for-one at instant speed genuinely strong.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor triggers a draw on each faerie entering, so Spellscorn Coven // Take It Back is three cards drawn at instant speed stapled to a bounce effect — that's the whole engine in one card.
Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
Obyra, Dreaming Duelist pings opponents whenever a faerie enters on their turn, and Spellscorn Coven // Take It Back produces three faeries at instant speed, making it a three-damage burst that also clears a threat.
Alela, Cunning Conqueror
Alela, Cunning Conqueror cares about faerie and artifact tokens, and Spellscorn Coven // Take It Back floods the board with bodies while the back half handles anything that slips through countermagic.
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, Spellscorn Coven // Take It Back occupies a well-defined role in faerie tribal builds where token count and card advantage overlap — it's a near-auto-include in those shells and a fringe consideration everywhere else. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern and Pioneer, three mana for three 1/1s is below rate on raw stats, but the modal nature lets it function as a slow tempo play or a Unsummon with upside in grindy matchups. Legacy and Vintage have enough broken three-drops that this doesn't register. Standard is where it has the most room to breathe absent the context of tribal synergies, functioning as a serviceable answer to resolved permanents with a token kicker.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Approach of the Second SunSpellscorn Coven // Take It Back
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Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Spellscorn Coven // Take It Back is deep bulk — grab a copy without thinking about it. Bulk rares with narrow tribal homes rarely spike unless a new commander pushes the archetype, so don't expect movement, but the low floor makes it a free inclusion for any faerie deck.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.