Stolen Vitality
Instant
Target creature gets +3/+1 until end of turn. If it's your turn, that creature gains trample until end of turn. Otherwise, it gains first strike until end of turn. (A creature with trample can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking. A creature with first strike deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #14792
Stolen Vitality gives a creature +2/+0 and trample until end of turn at instant speed for one mana, then replaces itself with a land from your hand next upkeep — so the tempo cost is almost nothing. It's a combat trick that doubles as pseudo-ramp, and that combination is what makes it worth a slot.
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 |
In Commander, Stolen Vitality earns its place in go-wide or voltron strategies where one unblockable or trample-already creature can close a game — the land rebate means you're not trading a card for a pump effect, you're trading a land drop you were going to make anyway. In Pauper, where commons live or die on efficiency, the one-mana cost and built-in card parity make Stolen Vitality a legitimate combat trick in aggressive lists. Modern and Legacy move too fast for a pump spell that doesn't immediately win the game, so it's fringe at best in those formats. Pioneer sits in a similar position — playable in a dedicated aggro shell but not a staple.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Stolen Vitality is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card. That price is stable because demand is casual-Commander-level, not competitive, and no spike in any format is likely to change that.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.