Stolen Grain
Sorcery
Stolen Grain deals 5 damage to target opponent or planeswalker. You gain 5 life.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $26.95
- EDHREC rank
- #30392
Stolen Grain drains each opponent for 3 and puts three Food tokens into play — six life swung per opponent in a four-player pod before you count any synergies. It's a sorcery-speed spell, but the raw life-drain-plus-resource combination makes it a serious include in any black deck that cares about sacrifice fodder or life totals.
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 natural home for Stolen Grain — draining three opponents simultaneously turns a modest three-damage effect into nine life lost for your side of the equation, and the Food tokens feed sacrifice, lifegain, and artifact synergies all at once. In 1v1 formats like Legacy and Vintage, the drain is just three life and the tokens are modest tempo; it sees essentially no competitive play there. Oathbreaker follows the same multiplayer math as Commander and is the one other format where the card punches above its cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Exsanguinate and Drain Life can scale into much larger life swings for similar mana investment, though they skip the Food tokens entirely. If the tokens are the point, Pauper staple Deadly Dispute is pennies and replaces itself, but it asks you to bring your own artifact — Stolen Grain supplies both the fodder and the drain in a single card, which is the premium you're paying for.
Price Context
Current price
$26.95 premium tier
At $26.95, Stolen Grain sits firmly in premium territory for a single-use sorcery with no reprint history yet. The price reflects its Commander-exclusive demand and the combination of drain plus artifact production on one card, but it's worth watching — any reprint would cut the price significantly.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.