Spoils of Evil
Instant
For each artifact or creature card in target opponent's graveyard, add 
and you gain 1 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $5.53
- EDHREC rank
- #18275
Spoils of Evil converts every artifact and creature in a graveyard into life and mana at instant speed — in the right deck, that's a dozen mana and a dozen life off one card. It's a slam in any black strategy that mills heavily or expects a board wipe to land before the combo turn.
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 the home for Spoils of Evil — graveyards fill fast between fetch effects, board wipes, and self-mill, so the card routinely converts ten or more permanents into double-digit mana on a critical turn. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but rarely played; the graveyard counts are lower in those formats and the life gain is marginal compared to dedicated fast-mana, so it sees almost no competitive play there. Oathbreaker can produce the same graveyard density as Commander in a condensed game, making it a reasonable include in grind-heavy black shells. Anywhere else it's simply not legal.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Songs of the Damned does the same mana-from-creatures-in-graveyard conversion at a fraction of the price, but it only counts creatures and produces colorless mana, so it won't match Spoils of Evil's reach in artifact-heavy lists. Dark Ritual and Cabal Ritual are cheaper burst-mana options if the goal is just one large mana spike, though neither scales with graveyard size or staples on the life gain.
Price Context
Current price
$5.53 mid tier
At $5.53, Spoils of Evil sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to warrant a slot evaluation but not a budget obstacle. It's a reserved-list card, so the supply is fixed and the price is unlikely to drop meaningfully over time.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.