Winter's Grasp
Sorcery
Destroy target land.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Tempest
- Price
- $1.11
- EDHREC rank
- #22075
Winter's Grasp destroys target land — symmetrically, at sorcery speed, for three mana — and that cost is exactly why it sits a tier below staple land destruction like Assassin's Trophy or Sinkhole. It earns a slot in dedicated land-hate or stax builds, but outside those strategies it's a tempo-negative answer to a problem that usually demands something faster.
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 |
Winter's Grasp is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and sees essentially zero play in the older eternal formats where faster, cheaper land destruction exists. In Commander it finds a narrow home in stax and land-hate shells — think Numot, the Devastator or Karona, False God builds designed to deny opponents mana entirely — where the symmetry matters less because the deck is built around recovering from it. Outside that niche, three mana at sorcery speed to kill one land is a poor rate when the table has three other opponents rebuilding freely.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$1.11 cheap tier
At $1.11, Winter's Grasp sits in the budget-bulk tier and is unlikely to spike — demand is too narrow and functional replacements exist at similar or lower price points. It's a fine pickup if you're building dedicated land destruction, but don't expect the price to move.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.