Cathartic Parting
Sorcery
The owner of target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls shuffles it into their library. You may shuffle up to four target cards from your graveyard into your library.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #14419
Cathartic Parting puts two cards into the graveyard and draws two — a clean two-for-two exchange that fuels reanimator, flashback, and self-mill strategies at instant speed for three mana. The catch is the targeting restriction: both cards must share a type with a permanent you control, so it does nothing in a vacuum.
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 |
In Commander, Cathartic Parting earns a slot in graveyard-centric decks that want to bin specific cards — a Meren of Clan Nel Toth or Karador, Ghost Chieftain shell can use it to dump a creature and draw into the next threat simultaneously. Outside Commander, it's legal across Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but those formats move faster and have access to more efficient draw-and-discard effects, so Cathartic Parting rarely competes. The type-matching restriction makes it a build-around rather than a generic include, keeping it out of most sideboards.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Cathartic Parting is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the effect. That price will stay flat; there's no scarcity driving it up, and its niche role means no sudden demand spike.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.