Vitalizing Cascade
Instant
You gain X plus 3 life.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.43
- EDHREC rank
- #26735
Vitalizing Cascade gives every creature you control +1/+1 until end of turn and you gain life equal to the number of creatures you control — all at instant speed for three mana. It's a combat trick that doubles as a life buffer, and in token-heavy Commander decks it routinely swings races by double digits.
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 |
Vitalizing Cascade is a Commander card through and through — the payoff scales with creature count, and nowhere else do you reliably control ten or more bodies at instant speed for three mana. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but irrelevant; pump spells that don't generate card advantage don't compete in those formats. Oathbreaker can support it in wide go-wide builds, but the smaller game size limits the ceiling. Play Vitalizing Cascade in Commander or don't play it at all.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.43 bulk tier
At $0.43, Vitalizing Cascade sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up as a throw-in or dollar-bin find. Bulk rares with narrow Commander applications rarely climb without a spike in competitive play, so don't expect the price to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.