Deem Inferior
Sorcery
This spell costs 
less to cast for each card you've drawn this turn.
The owner of target nonland permanent puts it into their library second from the top or on the bottom.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #17392
Deem Inferior bounces a target creature and draws a card — two effects stapled together at instant speed for two mana. It's solid interaction in any deck that can pay a colored blue and black pip, and the card advantage makes the tempo loss sting less than a straight bounce.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Deem Inferior earns its slot in Dimir and four-color shells that want cheap instant-speed interaction that replaces itself — the card draw is what separates it from a vanilla bounce. In Pauper, where commons rule and card advantage is precious, Deem Inferior is a genuine tempo play in control and midrange strategies. Legacy and Vintage have more efficient options at the same mana cost, so it rarely makes the cut there despite being legal. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander calculus: if you're in blue-black and need interaction that doesn't strand you on cards, this does the job.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Deem Inferior is bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy. Price is stable and unlikely to move; it fills a functional role without being a staple anyone's chasing.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.