Spiritualize
Instant
Until end of turn, whenever target creature deals damage, you gain that much life.
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- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #22378
Spiritualize doubles your life total at instant speed for three mana — the catch is that it requires another spell already on the stack to target. In dedicated lifegain-matters builds that were already casting something, it's a two-for-one; in everything else, it's too conditional to justify the slot.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Spiritualize sees its only real play, slotted into lifegain-combo shells that can exploit large life totals as a resource — think Oloro, Ageless Ascetic or Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim strategies that cash in life for effects. Legacy and Vintage technically allow it, but those formats have no appetite for a three-mana sorcery-speed-adjacent life effect with a trigger requirement. Spiritualize simply doesn't clear the bar in competitive 60-card environments where life totals are a clock, not a currency.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Spiritualize is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. It holds that price floor comfortably because casual lifegain players pick it up, but don't expect movement in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.