Ephemeron
Creature — Illusion
Flying
Discard a card: Return this creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Exodus
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #30492
Ephemeron is a 8/8 flying illusion for six mana that phases out at the beginning of your upkeep — meaning it's simply absent every other turn. The cost isn't mana, it's reliability: a threat that disappears half the time is not a threat you can build around.
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 |
Ephemeron is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander, an 8/8 flier would be fine rate if it showed up consistently — phasing out every other turn means opponents can simply ignore it on their turns and plan around its absence. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a six-mana creature that needs two full turns to connect once, when those formats end games faster than Ephemeron can phase back in. Oathbreaker shares Commander's slower pace but the same objection applies: the alternating absence undermines any pressure the body would otherwise create.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Ephemeron sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects the demand accurately. There is no competitive context pulling it upward, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.