Vastwood Surge
Sorcery
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. If this spell was kicked, put two +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Neon Dynasty Commander
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #4837
Vastwood Surge puts two basic lands onto the battlefield and puts +1/+1 counters on everything you control — and if you've hit eight or more lands, it does both at full scale for four mana. Radha, Heir to Keld decks lean on it because the ramp and the pump arrive on the same card, collapsing two separate roles into one spell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Radha, Heir to Keld
Radha, Heir to Keld attacks to generate mana and wants to cross the eight-land threshold fast, so Vastwood Surge doubles as a land-count accelerant and a mid-combat pump that can turn a board of small creatures into a lethal swing.
Ruby, Daring Tracker
Ruby, Daring Tracker places +1/+1 counters as part of her core gameplan, and Vastwood Surge hits every creature at once — making it one of the most efficient ways to fuel Ruby's tracker triggers while keeping up with ramp.
Chishiro, the Shattered Blade
Chishiro, the Shattered Blade generates Spirit tokens whenever a creature enters with a +1/+1 counter, so Vastwood Surge can convert a modest board into a sudden flood of tokens on the same turn it ramps you.
Phylath, World Sculptor
Phylath, World Sculptor triggers off basic lands entering the battlefield, so the two basics Vastwood Surge drops translate directly into Plant tokens — and the subsequent counter pump makes the token army immediately threatening.
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 |
Vastwood Surge is a Commander card — the kicked mode's payoff is sized for a 100-card singleton game where hitting eight lands by turn five is routine. In Modern or Pioneer it's unplayable; four mana for two basics is too slow, and the counter clause requires a board state those formats punish before you can establish one. Legacy and Vintage have no interest either — the spell does nothing broken and costs too much to do anything fair. Commander is the one format where the math works: the kicked Vastwood Surge reliably arrives in the mid-game, ramps two lands, and converts a creature-heavy board into a combat threat in the same action.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Vastwood Surge is bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that earns a slot in a real percentage of green Commander decks. Bulk mythics from popular sets tend to sit in this range indefinitely, so there's no timing pressure either way.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.