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Dance of Many

Enchantment

When this enchantment enters, create a token that's a copy of target nontoken creature.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, exile the token.
When the token leaves the battlefield, sacrifice this enchantment.
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you pay {U}{U}.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
The Dark
Price
$6.77
EDHREC rank
#15514
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Dance of Many card art
Dance of Many enters and immediately puts a token copy of any nontoken creature on the battlefield — you get the body, the abilities, and the triggers, all for two mana. The catch is that both the enchantment and the token are a package deal: either one leaves and they both go, which is exactly the axis Felidar Guardian exploits to loop the whole thing.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Dance of Many earns its slot — the singleton format means opponents always have high-value targets worth copying, and the enchantment's fragility matters less when you're building around blink or sacrifice loops to cash in before removal lands. Legacy and Vintage both allow it, but the format tempo is too hostile for a two-mana enchantment that dies to every piece of interaction and needs a turn to do anything relevant. Dance of Many is a casual-to-mid Commander card through and through; outside of 100-card singleton, it sits on the shelf.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Dance of Many's closest budget analog is Mirage Mirror, which can copy any permanent for two mana at instant speed but doesn't stick a second body on board — you're renting the effect rather than owning it. Phyrexian Metamorph gives you a permanent clone for three to four mana and keeps the copy even if it's later destroyed, which is strictly more durable than Dance of Many at a similar or lower price point depending on edition.

Price Context

Current price

$6.77 mid tier

At $6.77, Dance of Many sits in mid-tier pricing — meaningful enough to feel in a budget build, cheap enough that dedicated combo or clone decks won't hesitate. It's an old card with limited reprint history, so the price is stable rather than declining; if a Standard-legal reprint ever materializes, that changes, but for now $6–7 is the floor you're buying into.

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