Demonic Collusion
Sorcery
Buyback—Discard two cards. (You may discard two cards in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Price
- $2.78
- EDHREC rank
- #14955
Demonic Collusion tutors any card into your hand for four mana — no restrictions, no conditions — and buyback lets you do it again for three extra mana per loop, which is a legitimate engine in decks that generate surplus mana or recycle spells like Walk the Aeons. The cost is real: six or seven mana total per activation isn't cheap, and without buyback it's just a slower Diabolic Tutor.
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 |
Commander is where Demonic Collusion earns its slot — the singleton format rewards unconditional tutors, and buyback becomes genuinely threatening in games that go long or in shells that untap lots of lands. In Legacy and Vintage it has no business seeing play; Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor exist at half the mana and no buyback tax. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 60-card format where it could appear as a secondary tutor in a grind-heavy black shell, though the competition there is stiff.
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Price Context
Current price
$2.78 cheap tier
At $2.78, Demonic Collusion sits in the range where it's easy to slot into a deck without much deliberation. It's unlikely to spike — it's not a staple in competitive formats and has no scarcity driving the price — but for a reusable unconditional tutor in a casual Commander build, two dollars and change is a reasonable ask.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.