Clash of Realities
Enchantment
All Spirits have "When this permanent enters, you may have it deal 3 damage to target non-Spirit creature."
Non-Spirit creatures have "When this creature enters, you may have it deal 3 damage to target Spirit creature."
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.41
- EDHREC rank
- #26775
Clash of Realities turns every Spirit you control into a removal spell and every non-Spirit your opponents control into a liability — the symmetry is real, but Spirit-tribal commanders flip it decisively in your favor. Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients is the poster child: he generates Spirit tokens that immediately ping opposing creatures, turning a token-production engine into a board-clear engine at no extra mana.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Clash of Realities is a Commander card almost by definition — the enchantment rewards deck-building around a creature type, which is exactly the kind of long-game tribal investment that Commander enables. In Legacy and Vintage, the card is technically legal but has never found a home: those formats end too fast for a five-mana enchantment that does nothing the turn it enters. Modern is the same story — five mana for a static effect with no immediate board impact is not competitive. Commander is where Clash of Realities earns its slot, specifically in Spirit-tribal builds where the asymmetry is baked into the deck's identity from the command zone down.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Vrondiss, Rage of AncientsClash of Realities
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
$0.41 bulk tier
At $0.41, Clash of Realities sits firmly in bulk territory — you can pick it up without thinking about price. It's unlikely to spike unless a high-profile Spirit commander breaks through, so there's no urgency, but at this price it's pure value for any deck that wants it.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.