Vivify
Instant
Target land becomes a 3/3 creature until end of turn. It's still a land.
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- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #28576
Vivify turns a land into a 3/3 creature until end of turn — a one-time blocker or attacker with no lasting board presence. At three mana for a temporary effect on a card you already control, the ceiling is too low to justify a slot in almost any 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 |
Vivify is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but none of those formats are looking for what it does. In Commander, a three-mana sorcery that animates one land for one turn competes against permanent anthems, token generators, and actual win conditions — it doesn't come close. Legacy and Vintage move too fast and demand too much from every slot for Vivify to register. Oathbreaker is the most plausible home in theory, but even there the effect is too narrow and too temporary to earn a spot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
Vivify sits at $0.12, firmly in bulk territory. At that price the financial risk is zero, but the opportunity cost — a slot that could hold a card with actual staying power — is the real price you pay.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.