Encircling Fissure
Instant
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures target opponent controls.
Awaken 2—
(If you cast this spell for , also put two +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #20117
Encircling Fissure blanks an entire attacking or blocking team for a turn at two mana with rebound stapled on, effectively doubling the effect for free. It's a budget fog variant that pulls real weight in go-wide and token strategies where preventing one combat swing can swing a game.
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 |
Encircling Fissure sees essentially zero competitive play in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer — those formats move too fast for a fog effect to matter, and rebound doesn't change that math. In Commander, the calculus flips: surviving until your next turn to untap with your board intact is often exactly what you need, and the rebound clause means you get that protection twice for one card slot. It slots most naturally into white combat-centric or token builds that need to stall a threat player while setting up a win, and at two mana it's easy to hold up without sacrificing your own turn.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Encircling Fissure is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that genuinely earns its slot in the right Commander shell. Bulk rares and commons rarely appreciate, so treat it as a pure utility pickup rather than a spec.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.