Ether Well
Instant
Put target creature on top of its owner's library. If that creature is red, you may put it on the bottom of its owner's library instead.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #27783
Ether Well puts a creature on top of its owner's library — tempo-positive and permanent, since the card never hits the graveyard. Four mana at instant speed is the cost, and it's a real one: that's a steep ask when Chaos Warp and Reality Shift do more for less.
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 |
In Commander, Ether Well occupies a narrow role: it removes a creature without triggering death-based abilities and can reset your own ETB creature in a pinch, but four mana instant-speed bounce with a downside (card goes back to hand or top, not exile) rarely clears the 99-card bar when blue has cheaper and cleaner options. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but never want it — those formats move too fast for four-mana interaction that doesn't affect the board immediately or generate card advantage. Oathbreaker is the closest thing to a home, where the smaller deck size makes library manipulation slightly more relevant, but even there Ether Well is fringe.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Ether Well is deep bulk — the price reflects demand accurately. Don't expect movement; there's no breakout Commander archetype waiting to spike a four-mana sorcery-speed-adjacent bounce effect.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.