Hazel's Nocturne
Instant
Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #6918
Hazel's Nocturne puts a +1/+1 counter on each of your creatures at instant speed for two mana — that's immediate board impact before the trigger even resolves. In Zoraline, Cosmos Caller decks, the constellation trigger alone justifies the slot, and the counter distribution makes combat math miserable for opponents.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zoraline, Cosmos Caller
Hazel's Nocturne is a natural fit in Zoraline, Cosmos Caller because every enchantment cast fires constellation, and a two-mana instant that blankets your board in +1/+1 counters does real work in a strategy already built around enchantment density.
Gev, Scaled Scorch
Gev, Scaled Scorch cares about putting counters on creatures with existing counters, and Hazel's Nocturne loads the entire board at once — giving Gev immediate fodder to spread damage across multiple targets the same turn.
Camellia, the Seedmiser
Camellia, the Seedmiser generates Halfling tokens that scale with +1/+1 counters, so Hazel's Nocturne turns a wide token board into a meaningful combat threat without any additional investment.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Hazel's Nocturne earns its slot wherever enchantments matter — constellation decks want the trigger, and counter-based go-wide strategies want the board pump at instant speed. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it lacks the raw efficiency to compete; there are dedicated counter spells and enchantments that do more for less. Legacy and Vintage have no practical interest — the effect is too modest for those formats' power levels. Standard is where it sees the most casual constructed play, slotting into green-white or Dimir enchantment shells that can actually exploit the constellation text.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Hazel's Nocturne is pure bulk — easy to pick up in a trade binder or throw into any order without thinking twice. Bulk enchantments with narrow-but-real synergy don't typically climb unless a commander breaks through into mass popularity, so treat this as a cheap utility include, not a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Zoraline, Cosmos Caller
- Gev, Scaled Scorch
- Camellia, the Seedmiser
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.