Uncage the Menagerie
Sorcery
Search your library for up to X creature cards with different names that each have mana value X, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Hour of Devastation
- Price
- $0.73
- EDHREC rank
- #13569
Uncage the Menagerie is a tutor that scales with X, fetching up to four creatures that share a mana value — the higher you pay, the more specific and explosive the package it assembles. The catch is that every creature found must share the same mana value, so the card rewards tight deckbuilding over casual pile construction.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Uncage the Menagerie earns its slot — the 100-card singleton constraint makes consistent creature packages harder to assemble naturally, and a single spell that grabs two, three, or four creatures at once can short-circuit that problem entirely. It's most powerful in decks built around a specific mana-value cluster, like five-drops that combo together or a suite of two-mana creatures that form a complete engine. Outside Commander, Uncage the Menagerie is legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage, but sees essentially no play in any of them — those formats move too fast for a sorcery-speed tutor that requires upfront deckbuilding investment and doesn't immediately impact the board. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.73 bulk tier
At $0.73, Uncage the Menagerie sits firmly in bulk territory despite being a genuinely powerful effect in the right shell. The price reflects narrow play — it needs a purpose-built deck to shine — but for any commander that wants it, the cost of entry is nearly free.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.