Sprouting Vines
Instant
Search your library for a basic land card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scourge
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #12694
Sprouting Vines scales with storm count, turning a late-game spell-heavy turn into a three-or-four-land haul — for three mana. Borborygmos Enraged decks run it as a restocking engine: throw lands as damage, then cast a chain of spells to refill your hand with more ammunition.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Borborygmos Enraged
Borborygmos Enraged pitches lands for direct damage, so Sprouting Vines solves the resource problem directly — cast it mid-chain after a few spells have resolved and you're pulling two or three basics off the top, ready to throw again next 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 |
Sprouting Vines is a Commander card through and through — the storm count payoff requires a board state and spell density that multiplayer games naturally generate, where a single turn can see four or five spells resolve before you cast it. In Pauper it's legal but too slow for a format that ends games quickly, and the lack of immediate board impact keeps it off most lists. Legacy and Vintage have the raw storm infrastructure where the math could get absurd, but neither format has a commander-style incentive to fetch basics, so Sprouting Vines stays on the sidelines there too.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Sprouting Vines is bulk — pick it up in any commons box without thinking twice. Demand is narrow enough that the price isn't going anywhere, so there's no urgency beyond just grabbing one when you build the deck.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Borborygmos Enraged
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.