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Sustaining Spirit
Creature · Angel SpiritCumulative upkeep
Nonfoil
TCGplayer market · ALL #18 nonfoil
$1.12 −0.9% −$0.01, 7 days
- 1-year range
- 30 days
- −9.7%
- EDHREC rank
- #25,021 Down 109 in 30 days
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Sustaining Spirit Price Summary
The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $1.12, down 0.9% over 7 days, down 9.7% over 30 days, down 14.5% over 90 days.
Sustaining Spirit Price History
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Where to Buy and Sell Sustaining Spirit
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Sustaining Spirit in Sealed Products
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Sustaining Spirit Printings & Prices
Sustaining Spirit has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil finishes.
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Sustaining Spirit Rules Text & Legality
Sustaining Spirit
Cumulative upkeep {1}{W} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.
"Faith is our greatest protector." —Halvor Arensson, Kjeldoran Priest
Sustaining Spirit is legal in Legacy and Commander, and not legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern and Pauper.
- CommanderLegal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- PreDHLegal
- PremodernLegal
- VintageLegal
- AlchemyNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- Competitive BrawlNot legal
- Future StandardNot legal
- GladiatorNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- Old SchoolNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- Pauper CommanderNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- StandardNot legal
- Standard BrawlNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
Sustaining Spirit Rulings
- Oct 1, 2008
If an effect asks you to pay life, you can’t pay more life than you have.
- Oct 1, 2008
Paying cumulative upkeep is always optional. If it’s not paid, the permanent with cumulative upkeep is sacrificed. Partial payments of the total cumulative upkeep cost can’t be made. For example, if a permanent with “cumulative upkeep {1}” has three age counters on it when its cumulative upkeep ability triggers, it gets another age counter and then its controller chooses to either pay {4} or sacrifice the permanent.
- Oct 1, 2008
Sustaining Spirit won’t prevent you from losing the game if your life total is 0 or less or some other effect causes you to lose the game.
- Oct 1, 2008
The ability doesn’t change how much damage is dealt; it just changes how much life that damage makes you lose. An effect such as Spirit Link will see the full amount of damage being dealt.
- Oct 1, 2008
The second ability applies only if your life total is being reduced by damage. Other effects or costs (such as “lose 1 life” or “pay 1 life”) can reduce your life total below 1 as normal.
Reprints & Reprint Risk
Sustaining Spirit has been reprinted 1 time.
- Jun 10, 1996AlliancesALL #18
Sustaining Spirit in Commander
Sustaining Spirit is the #25,021 most-played card on EDHREC, down 109 places over the last 30 days.
#25,021
EDHREC rank
across all Commander decks Down 109 in 30 days
across all Commander decks Down 109 in 30 days
Sustaining Spirit FAQ
How much is Sustaining Spirit worth?
Sustaining Spirit is worth about $1.12 for its cheapest playable printing as of Nov 8, 2026.
Is Sustaining Spirit legal in Commander?
Yes. Sustaining Spirit is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Legacy.
Has Sustaining Spirit been reprinted?
Yes. Sustaining Spirit has been reprinted 1 time, with 1 printings tracked on The Index.
Why is Sustaining Spirit cheap?
Sustaining Spirit trades at about $1.12; 1 reprint keeps supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#25,021 on EDHREC).
What can I play instead of Sustaining Spirit?
Cards that fill a similar role include Worship, Fortune Thief, Ali from Cairo.
