Barrin's Spite
Sorcery
Choose two target creatures controlled by the same player. Their controller chooses and sacrifices one of them. Return the other to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #26737
Barrin's Spite forces an opponent to return two permanents they control to hand — a tempo swing that doubles as a combat trick or a way to dismantle a dangerous board state without targeting. The catch is that the opponent chooses what bounces, so it blanks against players running only one permanent worth protecting.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Barrin's Spite earns its slot, specifically in blue control or tempo builds that want to set back the most threatening player without picking a single target — the two-permanent bounce can strand a combo piece alongside the land or rock that was about to power it out. In Legacy and Vintage it's simply too slow and too opponent-controlled to compete with Force of Will, Swords to Plowshares, and other efficiency benchmarks. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander at a smaller table: the bounce is fine but the lack of targeting makes it unreliable against a streamlined strategy.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Barrin's Spite sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in rather than a deliberate purchase. Price is unlikely to move without a high-profile reprint or a sudden Commander trend that rewards non-targeted mass bounce.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.