Eye of Nowhere
Sorcery — Arcane
Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #18629
Eye of Nowhere bounces any permanent back to its owner's hand for two blue mana — clean, unconditional, and sorcery speed. It's a tempo play, not a answer, which makes it strong in decks that punish replaying permanents and weak everywhere else.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Eye of Nowhere earns its slot in Orvar, the All-Form shells and Yuki-Onna-style bounce-matters builds where every spell that targets a permanent triggers additional value — without that payoff, it's just a sorcery-speed bounce that doesn't permanently solve anything. In Pauper, it sees fringe play in tempo and control lists that want cheap interaction at common rarity, though Snap and Vapor Snare compete hard for the same role. Legacy and Vintage have no interest: the card is strictly fair in formats where turn-two plays need to threaten the game state, not delay it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Eye of Nowhere is deep bulk — a card you pick up out of a commons box, not a singles order. That price is stable; there's no scarcity ceiling and no breakout archetype likely to move it.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.