Essence Fracture
Sorcery
Return two target creatures to their owners' hands.
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #29434
Essence Fracture bounces all creatures on the board back to their owners' hands — a full reset at instant speed for three mana, at the cost of hitting your own stuff too. It's a tempo nuke, not a one-sided answer, so it earns its slot only when you can rebuild faster than everyone else.
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 |
Essence Fracture is a Commander card through and through — the multiplayer table is where bouncing every creature at instant speed generates disproportionate value, since three opponents rebuilding from hand is a much bigger setback than one. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; three mana at sorcery-like impact doesn't compete in formats where Upheaval and Cyclonic Rift effects are benchmarks and games end far faster. Oathbreaker offers a slightly friendlier home, especially in bounce-heavy blue shells, but the two-player nature dulls the multi-opponent payoff that makes the card interesting in the first place.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Essence Fracture is deep bulk — it costs less than a sleeve and is easy to pick out of any commons box. That price is stable by default; there's no spike risk on a niche symmetrical bounce spell, and it will stay in this tier unless a Commander precon puts it on the map.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.