Sudden Salvation
Instant
Choose up to three target permanent cards in graveyards that were put there from the battlefield this turn. Return them to the battlefield tapped under their owners' control. You draw a card for each opponent who controls one or more of those permanents.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Crimson Vow Commander
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #17712
Sudden Salvation puts up to three permanents back into their owners' hands at instant speed — a one-card answer to a board state that would otherwise end the game. The cost is real: three white mana and a sorcery-speed feel to the effect in most shells, though Zethi, Arcane Blademaster makes it recastable and turns it into a recurring reset button.
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 |
Sudden Salvation is a Commander card through and through — the format's multiplayer chaos and permanent-heavy boards are exactly where bouncing three things at instant speed pulls its weight. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; those formats don't play at the pace or board density where this effect competes with established interaction. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth mentioning, where the tighter game state makes a three-permanent bounce feel more decisive.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Zethi, Arcane BlademasterWalk the AeonsSudden Salvation
Infinite turns; Lock
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Sudden Salvation sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without thinking twice. Bulk rares with narrow Commander applications tend to stay cheap, so don't expect price movement unless a breakout deck puts it on the map.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.