Dimensional Exile
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant basic land you control
When this Aura enters, exile target creature an opponent controls until this Aura leaves the battlefield.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #19349
Dimensional Exile exiles a nonland permanent — no regeneration, no death triggers, no graveyard recursion. Four mana for unconditional removal is a real cost, but the clean exit it provides is worth it in formats where graveyard and persist synergies run rampant.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Dimensional Exile earns its slot specifically because exile is the answer graveyard-heavy and indestructible-permanent decks can't argue with — four mana is steep on a one-for-one, but the breadth of 'any nonland permanent' covers planeswalkers, artifacts, and enchantments that cheaper spells miss. In competitive formats like Legacy and Vintage, it doesn't make the cut: more efficient exile options exist, and four mana at sorcery speed is disqualifying. Modern and Pioneer are similarly unkind — Path to Exile and Leyline Binding do the job faster. Dimensional Exile is a Commander card through and through, best suited to battlecruiser tables where the permanents you need to exile are threatening enough to justify the mana.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Dimensional Exile sits firmly in bulk territory — it's an easy include that won't stress any budget. Price stability is likely; it's not a card with spiking potential, but it's cheap enough that there's no reason to hunt for a cheaper alternative.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.