Eldrazi Confluence
Instant
Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• Target creature gets +3/-3 until end of turn.
• Exile target nonland permanent, then return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control.
• Create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token with "Sacrifice this token: Add 
."
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3 Commander
- Price
- $8.74
- EDHREC rank
- #2635
Eldrazi Confluence puts five modal effects on a single card — make Eldrazi Scions, grant annihilator, or make tokens indestructible — and the flexibility alone justifies the five-mana ask. Ulalek, Fused Atrocity copies every Eldrazi spell you cast, so a single Confluence triggers the whole board; Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward aside, this card earns its slot anywhere that wants redundant Eldrazi effects at instant speed.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity copies each Eldrazi spell cast, which means Eldrazi Confluence doesn't just resolve once — every other Eldrazi on the battlefield copies it, stacking annihilator triggers or a flood of Scion tokens in a single turn.
Etali, Primal Conqueror
Etali, Primal Conqueror decks run large and expensive spells, and Eldrazi Confluence slots in as a modal toolbox that can produce mana through Scions, push through blockers with indestructibility, or apply annihilator pressure depending on what the board demands.
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods cares about putting large permanents into play and generating value from each one, so Eldrazi Confluence's ability to manufacture Eldrazi Scions feeds that engine while also serving as a mid-combat trick when indestructibility is what the turn needs.
Ultima, Origin of Oblivion
Ultima, Origin of Oblivion rewards stacking the board with Eldrazi permanents, and Eldrazi Confluence is one of the few spells that can simultaneously create those permanents, buff them with annihilator, and protect them — often all in the same sequence.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Eldrazi Confluence does its best work — the modal design is built for the variance of a four-player game, where the right mode shifts from turn to turn and a single card needs to answer multiple situations. The five-mana cost is comfortable in a format that routinely plays to seven or eight lands, and the instant speed means it punishes opponents who tap out on their turn. Legacy and Vintage legality is technically on the books, but neither format has the Eldrazi-tribal infrastructure to make the modes relevant, and five mana for flexible but modest effects doesn't compete with those formats' raw power. Oathbreaker can squeeze value from it in the right shell, but again, Commander is the home.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's WardEldrazi ConfluenceZealous Lorecaster
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite blinking of nonland permanents; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count; Reduce the toughness of creatures opponents control to 0
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
If Eldrazi Confluence is out of range, Scion tokens and annihilator triggers are harder to stack on a single card — the closest budget replacements split the work across two slots. Eldrazi Devastator and similar vanilla threats get the creature type but none of the modal flexibility; for token production specifically, From Beyond does the job at a fraction of the cost but requires a permanent on the board and operates at sorcery speed, which is a meaningful downgrade.
Price Context
Current price
$8.74 mid tier
At $8.74, Eldrazi Confluence sits firmly in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel in a budget build, cheap enough that any dedicated Eldrazi deck shouldn't hesitate. Demand is tied almost entirely to Commander and Ulalek lists specifically, so the price is stable as long as that archetype stays popular.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.