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Instant
LegalRemovalRank #369
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller gains 4 life.
Why is this card good?
Nature's Claim is one of the most efficient artifact/enchantment removal spells green has access to, and that efficiency is exactly why it sees play.
For a single green mana at instant speed, you destroy any artifact or enchantment — Mana Crypt, Rhystic Study, a problematic stax piece, an opposing combo enabler, or your own broken permanent in a pinch. The downside, giving the controller 4 life, is almost always irrelevant in a 40-life format with three opponents. Four life rarely changes the math when you're answering something that actually matters.
This belongs in any green deck that values cheap interaction — combo decks, cEDH lists, and tempo-oriented builds that want to slot in answers without bending their curve. The low mana value also plays nicely with Yawgmoth-style strategies and decks that care about cheap spells.
When to skip it: slower, life-total-sensitive matchups (lifegain/aggro pods), or grindy battlecruiser decks where you'd rather run repeatable answers like Krosan Grip or Beast Within instead.
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Rulings (1)
- 2021-03-19
If the target artifact or enchantment is an illegal target by the time Nature's Claim tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. No player gains 4 life. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), its controller does gain 4 life.