Disruption Aura
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant artifact
Enchanted artifact has "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay its mana cost."
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Fifth Dawn
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #29288
Disruption Aura enchants a permanent and taxes its activated abilities by two generic mana each time they're used — a real drag on mana-hungry combo pieces or utility lands. The cost is that it's an aura on an opponent's permanent, which means it disappears the moment they destroy the enchanted card.
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 |
In Commander, Disruption Aura occupies a narrow role: slowing down a specific activated ability — a Staff of Domination, a Basalt Monolith, a troublesome creature — without fully answering it, which is usually not enough at a table of three opponents. Legacy and Vintage have faster, more efficient interaction that makes a three-mana enchantment with this effect uncompetitive. Modern is technically legal but Disruption Aura sees no meaningful play there either, outclassed by instant-speed disruption at lower mana costs. In short, the formats where it's legal are not the formats where it earns a slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Disruption Aura is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box long before you'd spend money on it. That price reflects demand accurately: this is not a card that holds value or trends upward.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.