Doom Foretold
Enchantment
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a nonland, nontoken permanent of their choice. If that player can't, they discard a card, they lose 2 life, you draw a card, you gain 2 life, you create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance, then you sacrifice this enchantment.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #14874
Doom Foretold locks the table into a recursive sacrifice loop that strips every opponent of their permanents while you feed it enchantments you wanted to replace anyway. The cost is real — you need a steady supply of fodder or the enchantment hits your own board — but in the right shell, that's a feature, not a bug. Ghen, Arcanum Weaver turns that self-sacrifice clause into raw card advantage.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ghen, Arcanum Weaver
Ghen, Arcanum Weaver treats Doom Foretold's self-sacrifice trigger as a free activation — swap a spent enchantment into something live from your graveyard, then watch opponents peel their boards apart one permanent at a time.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Doom Foretold earns its slot: three opponents means three times the trigger pressure, and enchantment-based sacrifice synergies are everywhere in the format. In Modern and Pioneer it's technically playable, but the two-mana investment competes poorly against faster disruption and rarely survives long enough to generate meaningful value outside a dedicated prison shell. Legacy has the density of broken permanents to make the loop punishing, but dedicated disruptive strategies there typically want faster or more resilient pieces. Stick to Commander unless you're specifically building around a slow enchantment-value engine in another 60-card format.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Doom Foretold is deep bulk — you can pick up a copy without a second thought. That price reflects modest competitive demand, and there's no pressure driving it up, so it should stay in this range unless a new enchantment-sacrifice commander spikes interest.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ghen, Arcanum Weaver
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.