You Find a Cursed Idol
Sorcery
Choose one —
• Smash It — Destroy target artifact.
• Lift the Curse — Destroy target enchantment.
• Steal Its Eyes — Create a Treasure token and venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #11842
You Find a Cursed Idol puts a 2/2 token into play immediately, then replaces itself with a card draw — all for two mana. That split between tempo and card advantage at instant speed makes it one of the most efficient token-plus-draw spells in its cost bracket.
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, You Find a Cursed Idol does exactly what token-based and sacrifice-based decks want: it replaces itself and puts a body on the board without spending an entire turn doing it. The instant speed matters — you can hold up interaction and spend the mana at end of turn if nothing worth countering happens. In Pauper, where card advantage at common rarity is genuinely scarce, the two-for-one at two mana is legitimately competitive. Modern and Legacy have enough redundancy that it rarely makes the cut outside of dedicated token strategies, but it's never embarrassing when it does show up.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, You Find a Cursed Idol is deep bulk — you'll find it in any commons box. That price is stable: the effect is good enough to keep demand ticking but not so format-warping that it's going anywhere near a dollar.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.