Wildwood Rebirth
Instant
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #17685
Wildwood Rebirth returns any creature from your graveyard to your hand for two mana at instant speed — a clean, unconditional recursion effect that trades one-for-one with any threat you've lost. It's not the most powerful recursion in green, but at sorcery-beaters-turned-instant, it slots into any graveyard-light deck that just needs a creature back without ceremony.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Wildwood Rebirth competes in a crowded lane — Eternal Witness and Regrowth both cost the same or less and return any card, not just creatures, which makes them almost strictly better pickups for most lists. Wildwood Rebirth earns its slot in Pauper, where the commons pool is shallow enough that instant-speed creature recursion at two mana is a genuine resource — graveyard strategies and sacrifice loops appreciate the flexibility. In Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, the card is legal but effectively outclassed; no competitive shell needs this effect at this rate when better options exist. Take Wildwood Rebirth seriously in Pauper; treat it as a budget filler everywhere else.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Wildwood Rebirth is deep bulk — buy a dozen without thinking about it. Don't expect the price to move; the effect is too common and the competition too stiff for demand to push it anywhere.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.