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Change of Fortune

Sorcery

Discard your hand, then draw a card for each card you've discarded this turn.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Innistrad: Crimson Vow Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#5863
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Change of Fortune card art
Change of Fortune lets you discard your entire hand and draw that many cards — a full hand reload that also triggers every discard synergy you have on board. In Brallin, Skyshark Rider // Shabraz, the Skyshark decks, a seven-card hand means seven triggers off Brallin, Skyshark Rider before you even see what you drew.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Brallin, Skyshark RiderShabraz, the Skyshark

Brallin, Skyshark Rider // Shabraz, the Skyshark

42.6% of decks · synergy 0.42

Brallin, Skyshark Rider // Shabraz, the Skyshark is the natural home — Change of Fortune turns a full grip into a mass of Brallin, Skyshark Rider damage triggers and Shabraz counters in a single spell, often closing games on the spot.

02
Captain Howler, Sea Scourge

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge

37.8% of decks · synergy 0.36

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge cares about cards leaving hand, so Change of Fortune converts whatever you're holding into a burst of triggers before refilling — the larger your grip, the more value you extract for three mana.

04
Borborygmos Enraged

Borborygmos Enraged

29.8% of decks · synergy 0.29

Borborygmos Enraged thrives on cycling lands out of hand as direct damage, and Change of Fortune functions as a high-velocity reload — dump a land-heavy hand to deal damage, then refill for more fuel.

05
Anje Falkenrath

Anje Falkenrath

25.4% of decks · synergy 0.24

Anje Falkenrath builds toward Madness chains and hand manipulation, and Change of Fortune slots in as a burst refill that can reset a depleted hand mid-combo or set up a fresh wave of Anje Falkenrath activations.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Change of Fortune is a Commander card through and through — the value of discarding your entire hand scales with the size of grips you're accumulating over a long game, and the discard-synergy density in Commander makes it far more explosive than in any 60-card format. In Modern and Pioneer it's technically legal but competes with cheaper and more consistent draw options, and a sorcery-speed full-hand discard is a liability in interactive environments where opponents can punish you before you untap. Legacy and Vintage offer even less reason to run it — those formats move too fast for a three-mana sorcery that requires you to already be holding cards. Change of Fortune is at its best in Commander, specifically in decks built to reward each discard individually.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Change of Fortune isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest. Given its narrow but enthusiastic Commander audience and the number of discard-matters decks that want exactly one copy, it tends to stay accessible — it's not the kind of card that spikes without a reprint announcement.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.