Curse of Unbinding
Enchantment — Aura Curse
Enchant player
At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card. Put that card onto the battlefield under your control. That player puts the rest of the revealed cards into their graveyard.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Midnight Hunt Commander
- Price
- $2.15
- EDHREC rank
- #7037
Curse of Unbinding slaps an opponent's library every upkeep, dumping their top card into play under your control — the card advantage is enormous, the politics are brutal, and it all lands for eight mana. That cost is real, but in the right shell it's a one-card engine, and Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor makes it the centerpiece of a curse-stacking nightmare.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor
Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor turns Curse of Unbinding from a goodstuff enchantment into a theft engine: Lynde triggers off each curse you control, so stacking Curse of Unbinding on a target means you're stealing their permanents and drawing extra cards on the same upkeep.
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 |
Curse of Unbinding is a Commander card, full stop — eight mana is simply not a real number in Legacy or Vintage, where it's technically legal but irrelevant. In Commander, the multiplayer pace and 40-life totals give you the runway to reach eight mana, and the political fallout of pointing Curse of Unbinding at one player while threatening another is genuine leverage. Outside of dedicated curse decks helmed by Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor, it shows up as a late-game value piece in blue-black control shells that have enough interaction to survive to the payoff.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.15 cheap tier
At $2.15, Curse of Unbinding sits in the cheap tier — low enough to include on a whim, high enough that it hasn't bottomed out to bulk. Supply is limited to a single printing, so the price is unlikely to crater further as long as Lynde decks stay popular.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.