Vault 87: Forced Evolution
Enchantment — Saga
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Gain control of target non-Mutant creature for as long as you control this Saga.
II — Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It becomes a Mutant in addition to its other types.
III — Draw cards equal to the greatest power among Mutants you control.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Fallout
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #10636
Vault 87: Forced Evolution turns every rad counter your permanents accumulate into a +1/+1 counter on a Mutant token, so a single turn of radiation can flood the board with growing threats. The cost is real — you need a dedicated rad-counter engine to make it sing, and The Wise Mothman is the only commander who supplies that engine reliably enough to justify the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Wise Mothman
The Wise Mothman dishes out rad counters to all players on every draw step, which means Vault 87: Forced Evolution is never waiting for fuel — it's converting those counters into Mutant tokens every single turn cycle, making the two cards a self-sustaining board-state engine.
The Master, Transcendent
The Master, Transcendent wants a critical mass of creature tokens to convert into Mastery counters and eventually into Mind Slaves, and Vault 87: Forced Evolution supplies a steady stream of Mutants to feed that pipeline whenever radiation is flowing through the deck.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Vault 87: Forced Evolution is worth sleeving up — the card demands a commander-level radiation engine, and multiplayer games give the token production enough time to snowball into something threatening. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes with formats that simply don't care about slow enchantment-based token engines, so it will never see a table in either. Oathbreaker is legal and theoretically could host a radiation-themed build, but the format's compressed games make a three-mana setup enchantment a liability unless you're already winning.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Vault 87: Forced Evolution sits firmly in bulk territory, which makes it a zero-risk pickup for any radiation build. Bulk enchantments with narrow synergy profiles rarely climb in price, so buy it for the deck, not as a hold.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.