Sylvan Reclamation
Instant
Exile up to two target artifacts and/or enchantments.
Basic landcycling 
(, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Treasure Chest
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #8821
Sylvan Reclamation hits two artifacts or enchantments and puts two basic lands into play tapped — that's a 2-for-1 on removal stapled to ramp, and the basic land fetch means it scales into late game without losing value. Five mana is the real cost here, and that's the only honest knock on it; in a format where decks routinely jam Darksteel Forge or Smothering Tithe, the tempo gain almost always justifies the price. Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor builds that land specifically want lands entering play, which makes Sylvan Reclamation pull double duty in a way most interaction spells never can.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor cares deeply about lands entering the battlefield, and Sylvan Reclamation drops two basics at once — that's two landfall triggers off a single spell that also cleared a Rhystic Study or an Aura Shards threatening your board.
Emmara, Soul of the Accord
Emmara, Soul of the Accord runs Selesnya, where artifact and enchantment hate is a core expectation, and Sylvan Reclamation provides that removal while simultaneously accelerating the mana base — something pure interaction like Disenchant never offers.
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 where Sylvan Reclamation actually lives — artifact and enchantment removal is mandatory in a 100-card singleton format, and anything that also ramps while answering two threats is worth serious consideration. The five-mana cost keeps it off the cut-and-dried staple list, but in midrange or late-game-oriented decks the tempo loss is negligible compared to clearing two problem permanents and putting lands into play. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal formats for Sylvan Reclamation, but neither wants a five-mana sorcery for this effect when Wear // Tear, Mox-fueled speed, and the general pace of those formats make it unplayable in practice. Oathbreaker is the one other 60-card-adjacent format where it could see fringe play, specifically in landfall-based lists that have time to develop a mana base.
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Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Sylvan Reclamation isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate before buying. Given its niche but real role in Selesnya and landfall Commander decks, it tends to sit in the budget-to-mid range — the kind of card worth picking up as a single without much hesitation if the price reflects that.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.