Undercity Upheaval
Sorcery
Undergrowth — Distribute X +1/+1 counters among any number of target creatures you control, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard as you cast this spell. Creatures you control gain vigilance until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- March of the Machine: The Aftermath
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #19331
Undercity Upheaval floods the board with power-boosted tokens in a single spell, and the fact that it distributes +1/+1 counters across each creature you create means the payoff scales hard with any counter synergy already in play. The cost is real — this is a sorcery that does nothing the turn you're behind — but in the right shell it's a game-ending threat stapled to a go-wide engine.
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 |
Undercity Upheaval is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker. Commander is where it belongs: the singleton format rewards high-ceiling, splashy spells, and any token or +1/+1 counter commander turns this into a late-game finisher. In Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer it's too slow and too narrow — dedicated token strategies have faster, more consistent options, and a sorcery at this cost doesn't compete with the format's tempo demands. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters for the same reason, just more so.
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Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Undercity Upheaval isn't available right now, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. If it's sitting below $2, it's an easy pickup for any Commander deck that cares about tokens or +1/+1 counters.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.