Springsage Ritual
Instant
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 4 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Eldritch Moon
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #23461
Springsage Ritual destroys a land and gains you 4 life for four mana — passable rate on the removal, irrelevant rate on the lifegain. Dedicated land destruction is a narrow role in Commander, and four mana sorceries that only answer one land rarely make the cut.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Springsage Ritual is a bulk role-player at best in Commander, where land destruction draws table hostility and a single land rarely changes the game at sorcery speed. In Pauper it's technically legal but has no competitive home — the format doesn't support four-mana land removal. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage have zero interest in this effect at this cost. The card's only plausible niche is a casual Commander deck that specifically needs redundant land hate, such as one built around Zo-Zu the Punisher or similar resource-denial strategies.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Springsage Ritual is deep bulk — you're not paying for this card so much as finding it in a common box. That price reflects the demand accurately; there's no scenario where this appreciates.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.