Venus, Torn Between Worlds
Legendary Creature — Mutant Frog Turtle
Whenever Venus is dealt damage, put that many +1/+1 counters on her. (She must survive the damage to get the counters.)
Whenever a creature you control with a counter on it deals combat damage to a player, you may pay 
. If you do, draw a card.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #17815
Venus, Torn Between Worlds puts a recursive threat on the board that keeps coming back from the graveyard, but that engine costs mana every loop and demands you build around it to get full value. It's a genuine build-around payoff, not a free-roll inclusion.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Venus, Torn Between Worlds fits best in graveyard-value shells that can recur permanents or exploit enters-the-battlefield triggers repeatedly — the format's longer games give it time to generate meaningful advantage. Competitive tables will find the mana investment slow, but at lower-power pods it functions as a resilient threat that demands an answer or snowballs. Outside Commander, Venus, Torn Between Worlds is legal across Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, though constructed formats' faster clocks and tighter resource constraints make the recursive payoff harder to set up before the game ends.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Venus, Torn Between Worlds sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to acquire as a throw-in or cheap pickup. Bulk rares with niche build-around requirements rarely climb unless a dedicated commander or new combo piece pushes them into the spotlight.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.