Sudden Reclamation
Instant
Mill four cards, then return a creature card and a land card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Fate Reforged
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #19923
Sudden Reclamation puts a creature and a land from your graveyard directly onto the battlefield — not into hand — at instant speed for four mana. Solid floor, no ceiling, and the split between two permanent types means it almost never whiffs in a graveyard-active deck.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Sudden Reclamation earns its slot: graveyard filling is endemic to the format, four mana at instant speed fits naturally on an open end step, and the guaranteed land return means you're never losing value even if the creature half is underwhelming. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer the bar for four-mana instants is severe, and reanimation spells in those formats either cost less, hit harder, or both — Sudden Reclamation doesn't compete. Oathbreaker shares Commander's singleton graveyard dynamics, so the same logic applies there at a smaller table.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Sudden Reclamation is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card. Bulk rares with genuine Commander utility tend to stay flat, so don't expect movement, but at this price the only question is whether it earns a deck slot, not whether it's worth buying.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.