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False Dawn

Sorcery

Until end of turn, spells and abilities you control that would add colored mana instead add that much white mana. Until end of turn, you may spend white mana as though it were mana of any color.
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CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Apocalypse
Price
$0.23
EDHREC rank
#27562
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False Dawn card art
False Dawn makes all lands produce mana of any color until end of turn — a one-shot Chromatic Lantern stapled to an instant, but only for that turn. At one mana with no permanent upside, it exists almost entirely to enable a combo the turn you go off, not to fix your mana in any meaningful ongoing sense like Oketra's Monument does for cost reduction.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

False Dawn is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and realistically only sees play in Commander. Legacy and Vintage have no shortage of better mana-fixing and combo enablers, so False Dawn never registers there. In Commander, it's a niche combo piece — specifically in decks that need every land to produce a specific color in a single turn to execute a mana-intensive line. Outside of that narrow role, False Dawn does nothing a land or mana rock couldn't do more durably.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.23 bulk tier

At $0.23, False Dawn is bulk — you're paying for the combo function, not any secondary market demand. It's unlikely to appreciate given how narrow the use case is, but it also costs almost nothing to include if your deck needs it.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.