Sudden Strength
Instant
Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
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- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Judgment
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #27424
Sudden Strength puts +2/+2 and trample on a creature at instant speed for three mana — playable combat trick, nothing more. It's fine in Limited and outclassed in every Constructed format that cares about efficiency.
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 |
Sudden Strength is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but the only format where it earns a slot is Pauper, where the common-only card pool keeps combat tricks relevant and three mana is a real investment rather than a dealbreaker. In Commander, a one-shot +2/+2 rarely swings a game decided by board states of 40+ power, and the slot is almost always better spent on a permanent that generates repeated value. Legacy and Vintage have the card pool to simply ignore it. Sudden Strength is a Pauper card wearing clothes that fit everywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Sudden Strength is deep bulk — the kind of card that costs more to ship than to buy. That price is stable because demand is near zero outside Pauper, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.