USD
$0.32
USD foil
$0.32
EUR
€0.21
MTGO
0.04 tix
Claim the Firstborn
Sorcery
Gain control of target creature with mana value 3 or less until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.
"Will! They have a copy of *Tales of the Fae* here! Want me to read you a bedtime story?" —Rowan Kenrith
- Set
- Strixhaven Mystical Archive (STA #37)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 1
- Released
- 2021-04-23
- Artist
- Anato Finnstark
- EDHREC rank
- #6,860
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil, Etched
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
1
+
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Salt Score
0.31
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Format legality
Standard
Not legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Not legal
Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Standard Brawl
Not legal
Historic
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Alchemy
Not legal
Penny
Legal
Premodern
Not legal
PreDH
Not legal
Pauper EDH
Not legal
Old School
Not legal
Future
Not legal
Gladiator
Legal
Rulings
- 2019-10-04
Claim the Firstborn can target any creature with mana value 3 or less, even one that's untapped or one you already control.
- 2019-10-04
Gaining control of a creature doesn't cause you to gain control of any Auras or Equipment attached to it.
- 2019-10-04
If a creature on the battlefield has
in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.