Hide // Seek
Instant // Instant
Put target artifact or enchantment on the bottom of its owner's library.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BRW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Dissension
- Price
- $1.18
- EDHREC rank
- #20257
Hide // Seek does two completely different jobs on one card: Hide tucks a problematic permanent to the bottom of its owner's library at instant speed, and Seek lets you surgically remove any number of cards sharing a name from target player's library while gaining life equal to their combined mana values. Both halves pull serious weight in Commander, which is the only format where split card value like this fully cashes out.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Hide // Seek earns its slot — Hide answers indestructible or hexproof permanents that dodge conventional removal, and Seek doubles as graveyard hate and combo disruption against decks that tutor or mill specific pieces. In Legacy and Vintage, the competition is too dense: spot removal is cheaper and more decisive, and neither half clears the efficiency bar those formats demand. Modern is technically legal but practically irrelevant for the same reason. Hide // Seek is a Commander card wearing Legacy legality as a costume.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.18 cheap tier
At $1.18, Hide // Seek sits in the range where you include it without a second thought if it fits your gameplan. The price reflects modest demand — it's not a staple in most lists — but any deck running Orzhov or four-plus colors that wants flexible answer coverage gets real value at this price point.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.