Withering Gaze
Sorcery
Target opponent reveals their hand. You draw a card for each Forest and green card in it.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #25402
Withering Gaze draws you cards equal to the number of forests a target opponent controls — which in a green-heavy meta can mean four, five, or six cards for one blue mana at instant speed. It's a narrow card that overperforms exactly when green is dominant at the table and does nothing otherwise.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Withering Gaze is a metagame read: green is the most popular color in the format, so most tables have at least one forests-heavy player, and targeting them at end step before your turn can refill your hand for essentially free. Outside Commander, it sees no meaningful play — Legacy and Vintage have access to far more consistent card draw, and the conditional nature of Withering Gaze makes it uncompetitive in those formats. The card lives and dies in multiplayer, where someone at the table almost always has ten basics and you can time it perfectly.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Withering Gaze is deep bulk — the price reflects its narrow playability, not any scarcity issue. It holds that floor as long as green stays dominant in Commander, but don't expect movement in either direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.