Binding Negotiation
Sorcery
Target opponent reveals their hand. You may choose a nonland card from it. If you do, they discard it. Otherwise, you may put a face-up exiled card they own into their graveyard.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #17639
Binding Negotiation steals any nonland permanent outright — no temporary borrowing, no questions asked — as long as you can pay life equal to its mana value. The life cost keeps it honest, but permanent control of an opponent's best threat or engine for four mana is a genuinely strong rate in Commander.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Binding Negotiation actually lives: opponents routinely drop threats with mana values in the 4–8 range, which means the life payment is real but rarely game-ending in a 40-life format. Taking a Blightsteel Colossus or a planeswalker at instant speed during your opponent's end step is the dream line. Outside of Commander, the card is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, Pioneer, and Standard, but those formats are too fast and too efficient for a four-mana sorcery that requires matching the stolen permanent's mana value in life — you're just dead before you ever untap with your prize.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Binding Negotiation is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. That price is stable simply because the card sees negligible competitive play outside casual Commander, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.