Eldritch Evolution
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, where X is 2 plus the sacrificed creature's mana value. Put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Exile Eldritch Evolution.
- CommanderLegal
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- PauperNot legal
#771 on EDHREC's list of the most played Commander cards (as of November 9, 2026).
Selling Eldritch Evolution?
We pay 50% of a card's market value in cash, or 70% in store credit, for cards worth more than $1. For the cheapest printing of Eldritch Evolution, that's about $1.84 cash or $2.58 in credit.
All 7 printings and prices
| Set | # | Released | Nonfoil | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innistrad Remastered INR | 195 | Jan 2025 | $4.43 | $5.20 |
| Innistrad Remastered INR | 410 | Jan 2025 | $3.75 | $5.92 |
| Secret Lair Drop SLD | 1414 | Sep 2023 | $17.73 | $19.45 |
| Secret Lair Promo SLP | 5 | Apr 2023 | $9.99 | $46.29 |
| The List PLST | EMN-155 | Nov 2019 | $3.68 | – |
| Eldritch Moon Promos PEMN | 155s | Jul 2016 | – | $12.83 |
| Eldritch Moon EMN | 155 | Jul 2016 | $3.96 | $6.19 |
TCGplayer market, near mint, Nov 9, 2026.
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Rulings
Sacrificing a creature is part of Eldritch Evolution's cost. You can't sacrifice more creatures to search for more creature cards, and you can't cast Eldritch Evolution at all if you control no creatures.
If a card in a library has in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0. If you find such a card this way, you won't have an opportunity to spend mana on .
The mana value of a permanent that's a double-faced card with its back face up is the mana value of its front face. The mana value of a melded permanent is the sum of the mana values of its front faces. A creature that's a copy of either has a mana value of 0.
A token that isn't a copy of another permanent has a mana value of 0. A token that is a copy or a creature that has become a copy of another permanent has the mana value of what it's copying.
A creature's mana value is determined solely by the mana symbols printed in its upper right corner (unless that creature is the back face of a double-faced card, a melded card, or is copying something else; see below). If the mana cost includes , X is considered to be 0. If it's a single-faced card with no mana symbols in its upper right corner (because it's an animated land, for example), its mana value is 0. Ignore any alternative costs or additional costs (such as kicker) paid when the creature was cast.
Once you begin to cast Eldritch Evolution, no player may take actions until you're done. Notably, opponents can't try to remove the creature you wish to sacrifice.
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