Spoils of Victory
Sorcery
Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, or Forest card and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $31.86
- EDHREC rank
- #13817
Spoils of Victory puts any basic land directly onto the battlefield untapped — at instant speed, for three mana — making it one of the most efficient ramp spells ever printed. The untapped clause alone separates it from Farseek and its cousins; you spend three, you play your four-drop the same 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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Spoils of Victory earns its reputation — multicolor decks need early fixing, and an untapped basic on turn three is a genuine tempo gain in a format where missing a land drop costs more than in any 60-card game. In Pauper it's a legal option, but the format's dominant strategies rarely need three-mana ramp when cheaper options exist, so it sees minimal play there. Legacy and Vintage are both legal but irrelevant — those formats have better acceleration at every price point, and no competitive deck is sleeving this up. Spoils of Victory is, functionally, a Commander card.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Farseek and Nature's Lore each cost under $2 and find non-basic dual lands, which is often strictly better in optimized manabases that run shocks and fetches — the trade-off is they come in tapped if you're grabbing a basic. If the untapped clause is what you're paying for, Three Visits ($3–4) is the closest equivalent and doubles as a Nature's Lore reprint, though Spoils of Victory's ability to fetch any basic type across all five colors remains unique at its effect.
Price Context
Current price
$31.86 premium tier
At $31.86, Spoils of Victory sits in premium territory for a ramp spell — a slot where most players spend under $5. It holds value because it has never been reprinted at meaningful volume and sees consistent Commander demand, but at that price it's a luxury upgrade, not a staple you need before building.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.