Terashi's Grasp
Sorcery — Arcane
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain life equal to its mana value.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Masters 2015
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #16314
Terashi's Grasp destroys any artifact or enchantment and gains you life equal to its converted mana cost — relevant incidental life gain stapled onto clean, unconditional removal. Three mana at sorcery speed is the cost, and in most powered Commander environments that's just slow enough to keep it off the must-play list.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Terashi's Grasp competes in a crowded slot — white has access to Disenchant, Felidar Retreat payoffs, and cheaper options, so it earns its seat primarily in life-gain synergy decks where the incidental payment matters. Pauper is where Terashi's Grasp is most at home: the common slot for artifact and enchantment removal is genuinely competitive, and the life gain can be the difference in aggro matchups. In Legacy and Vintage it's essentially unplayable — formats that fast don't give sorcery-speed removal the time it needs. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's calculus: fine, never exciting, better if your commander cares about life totals.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Terashi's Grasp is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not any scarcity. That price is stable by definition; no spike is coming for a niche sorcery-speed Disenchant variant.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.