Thirst
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this Aura unless you pay 
.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #30454
Thirst trades one card and one mana for two cards, which is a net-positive exchange any blue deck will take. The catch is the discard-a-card rider, so it rewards decks that want cards in the graveyard or have a glut of lands in hand — otherwise it's card-neutral, not card-positive.
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 |
In Commander, Thirst is a fine inclusion in self-mill, reanimator, or madness shells where pitching a card is a feature rather than a cost — outside those archetypes, it underperforms Divination and similar clean draw spells. In Pauper, the commons pool is tight enough that Thirst sees real consideration in blue control and graveyard lists, where the discard fuels flashback or threshold. Legacy and Vintage have access to strictly better options at the same or lower mana cost, so Thirst doesn't make those rosters.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Thirst is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. That price is stable indefinitely; there's no reprint pressure or demand spike that would move a card this replaceable.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.