Best MTG Cards Under $5 — Top 50 Budget Staples (2026)

50 best MTG cards under $5 — ranked by popularity in Commander (EDHREC data). Every card on this list is a staple that punches way above its price tag.

Prices updated from Scryfall. Last refreshed: 2026-03-28

Sol Ring
Sol Ring
$1.35
#1 EDHREC

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Command Tower
Command Tower
$0.36
#2 EDHREC

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Arcane Signet
Arcane Signet
$0.52
#3 EDHREC

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Exotic Orchard
Exotic Orchard
$0.30
#9 EDHREC

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Reliquary Tower
Reliquary Tower
$4.45
#10 EDHREC

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Swords to Plowshares
Swords to Plowshares
$1.44
#11 EDHREC

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Swiftfoot Boots
Swiftfoot Boots
$2.57
#12 EDHREC

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Lightning Greaves
Lightning Greaves
$4.54
#13 EDHREC

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Path of Ancestry
Path of Ancestry
$0.37
#14 EDHREC

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Path to Exile
Path to Exile
$1.18
#15 EDHREC

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Evolving Wilds
Evolving Wilds
$0.34
#16 EDHREC

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Counterspell
Counterspell
$2.67
#17 EDHREC

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Fellwar Stone
Fellwar Stone
$1.66
#18 EDHREC

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Rogue's Passage
Rogue's Passage
$0.37
#19 EDHREC

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Cultivate
Cultivate
$0.39
#20 EDHREC

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Thought Vessel
Thought Vessel
$2.48
#21 EDHREC

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Farseek
Farseek
$0.70
#22 EDHREC

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Blasphemous Act
Blasphemous Act
$0.91
#23 EDHREC

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Beast Within
Beast Within
$0.75
#24 EDHREC

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Myriad Landscape
Myriad Landscape
$0.28
#25 EDHREC

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Rampant Growth
Rampant Growth
$0.49
#26 EDHREC

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Bojuka Bog
Bojuka Bog
$1.04
#27 EDHREC

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Terramorphic Expanse
Terramorphic Expanse
$0.32
#28 EDHREC

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Chaos Warp
Chaos Warp
$0.49
#29 EDHREC

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Nature's Lore
Nature's Lore
$3.27
#30 EDHREC

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Mind Stone
Mind Stone
$0.33
#31 EDHREC

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Dark Ritual
Dark Ritual
$4.48
#34 EDHREC

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Solemn Simulacrum
Solemn Simulacrum
$0.34
#35 EDHREC

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Kodama's Reach
Kodama's Reach
$1.85
#36 EDHREC

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An Offer You Can't Refuse
An Offer You Can't Refuse
$2.59
#37 EDHREC

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Commander's Sphere
Commander's Sphere
$0.35
#39 EDHREC

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Skullclamp
Skullclamp
$5.00
#45 EDHREC

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Negate
Negate
$0.31
#53 EDHREC

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Generous Gift
Generous Gift
$0.84
#55 EDHREC

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Arcane Denial
Arcane Denial
$2.24
#56 EDHREC

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Fabled Passage
Fabled Passage
$2.26
#60 EDHREC

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Llanowar Elves
Llanowar Elves
$0.36
#63 EDHREC

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Brainstorm
Brainstorm
$1.40
#69 EDHREC

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Temple of the False God
Temple of the False God
$0.31
#70 EDHREC

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Chromatic Lantern
Chromatic Lantern
$0.99
#79 EDHREC

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Sunken Hollow
Sunken Hollow
$0.39
#82 EDHREC

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Cinder Glade
Cinder Glade
$0.37
#84 EDHREC

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Sulfur Falls
Sulfur Falls
$0.34
#86 EDHREC

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Clifftop Retreat
Clifftop Retreat
$0.32
#87 EDHREC

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Dragonskull Summit
Dragonskull Summit
$0.43
#88 EDHREC

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Feed the Swarm
Feed the Swarm
$0.37
#89 EDHREC

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Talisman of Dominance
Talisman of Dominance
$2.77
#90 EDHREC

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Garruk's Uprising
Garruk's Uprising
$0.41
#92 EDHREC

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Smoldering Marsh
Smoldering Marsh
$0.38
#93 EDHREC

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Faithless Looting
Faithless Looting
$0.35
#95 EDHREC

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