Vitality Charm
Instant
Choose one —
• Create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.
• Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.
• Regenerate target Beast.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #20876
Vitality Charm is a one-mana modal instant that creates a 1/1 Insect token, regenerates a Beast, or gives a creature +1/+3 until end of turn — three narrow effects that rarely combine into one reason to run the card. Outside of dedicated Beast tribal, none of these modes are good enough to justify the slot.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Vitality Charm is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. In Commander it sees niche play in Beast tribal decks where the regeneration mode has real targets, but most green EDH decks have better one-mana options. In Pauper it's legal but rarely played — common-slot competition at one mana is fierce, and none of the three modes are independently powerful enough to cut it. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it whatsoever.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Vitality Charm sits firmly in bulk territory. It's not a card whose price is going anywhere — demand is too narrow and supply too abundant for that to change.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.