Crystalline Resonance
Enchantment
Whenever you cycle a card, you may have this enchantment become a copy of another target permanent until your next turn, except it has this ability.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2020
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #15465
Crystalline Resonance copies the best permanent on the board at the start of each combat — a repeating effect that scales with whatever your opponents have built. The catch is that it only copies enchantments, and in Gavi, Nest Warden decks where you're drawing multiple cards a turn, that condition is trivially satisfied.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gavi, Nest Warden
Gavi, Nest Warden draws cards every turn cycle, which means Crystalline Resonance is constantly refreshing its copy — and in a cycling deck full of enchantment payoffs, there's always a profitable target to mirror.
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 |
Crystalline Resonance is a Commander card through and through — the politics of a multiplayer board mean there's almost always a powerful enchantment to copy, and the repeating trigger compounds over a long game in ways that don't translate to one-on-one formats. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; three mana for a conditional, non-instant effect doesn't compete at those tables. Oathbreaker gives it room to breathe if the signature spell or a key permanent is an enchantment worth mirroring, but the narrower card pool limits its ceiling compared to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Crystalline Resonance is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or trade fodder. Demand is niche enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a high-profile enchantment-based commander pushes it into broader play.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.