Price$3.37 – $17.73
Buy on TCGplayerGreater Good
Enchantment
LegalCard DrawRank #646
Sacrifice a creature: Draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power, then discard three cards.
Why is this card good?
Greater Good turns your creatures into raw card advantage, and it scales absurdly well with the fatties green naturally produces. Sac a 7-power beater, draw 7, discard 3 — net +4 cards. The discard cost is real, but it doubles as graveyard enabler.
This is a staple in two homes:
- Reanimator/graveyard decks — discarding three fuels recursion. Pitch your bombs, then Reanimate them back.
- Aristocrats and combo — it's a free sac outlet, which matters with Karador, Meren, or Ghave. Pair with a creature that has insane power or one that returns from the yard.
It also enables loops: sacrifice an indestructible/regenerating creature repeatedly, or combo with token doublers and persist/undying creatures for engine value.
When not to play it: low-power decks, voltron, or anything without a graveyard plan or sacrifice payoffs — you'll just be churning your library and dumping bombs with no way back. It wants either big creatures or a stocked yard to be worth a card.
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Printings (11)
Played by these commanders
Galea, Kindler of Hope100% of 1
Bello, Bard of the Brambles100% of 1
Rulings (3)
- 2020-08-07
Use the sacrificed creature's power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how many cards you draw.
- 2020-08-07
If you don't have three cards in hand when instructed to discard three cards, you discard your hand.
- 2020-08-07
You draw and discard cards all while Greater Good's ability is resolving. Nothing can happen between the two, and no player may choose to take actions.