Hieromancer's Cage
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2019
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #25670
Hieromancer's Cage exiles any nonland permanent for four mana — artifacts, creatures, planeswalkers, whatever the table throws at you — and holds it until the Cage itself is removed. Four mana is the going rate for this effect, and the exile clause rather than destroy keeps it clean against indestructible and recursive threats.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Hieromancer's Cage competes in a crowded field of four-mana exile effects, and its flexibility across permanent types is its main argument for a slot — most comparable removal is narrower. In Modern and Pioneer, where efficient two- and three-mana answers dominate, Hieromancer's Cage is too slow to see serious play. Legacy and Vintage move even faster, so it never appears there outside of casual contexts. Commander is the only format where the broad exile clause regularly earns its mana cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Hieromancer's Cage is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box rather than buy. Bulk removal rarely appreciates, and with multiple functionally similar cards available at the same price point, there's no supply pressure to change that.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.