Dichotomancy
Sorcery
For each tapped nonland permanent target opponent controls, search that player's library for a card with the same name as that permanent. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control, then that player shuffles.
Suspend 3—
(Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)
- CMC
- 9
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Planar Chaos
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #28348
Dichotomancy lets you copy every nonland permanent an opponent controls that shares a type with something you already have on board — one spell that can replicate an entire board state. The catch is the nine mana and the dependency on your own board, but in the right deck those conditions are trivially met.
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 |
Dichotomancy is a Commander card through and through — nine mana is simply too slow for Legacy or Vintage, where the game is decided long before you untap with it, and those formats offer far more efficient ways to steal or copy permanents. In Commander, the multiplayer dynamic changes the calculus entirely: opponents develop real boards over the first several turns, so Dichotomancy lands against a target rich environment, and the political dimension of copying one player's threats can flip the table dynamic in your favor. Oathbreaker is legal but the 60-card, faster pace makes nine mana a steep ask unless your signature spell is generating obscene mana.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Dichotomancy sits firmly in bulk territory despite being one of the most explosive late-game spells in Commander. That price reflects its narrow conditions and high cost rather than its ceiling — if you're in a deck that can consistently hit nine mana with a stocked board, you're getting absurd value for a quarter.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.