Ignorant Bliss
Instant
Exile all cards from your hand face down. At the beginning of the next end step, return those cards to your hand, then draw a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dissension
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #23512
Ignorant Bliss exiles your hand, draws three cards at the start of your next turn, and replaces itself — all for one red mana at instant speed. It's narrow enough that most decks don't want it, but in discard-synergy or hand-size-matters shells, the tempo is real.
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 |
Ignorant Bliss is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive constructed formats have no interest in it — red has better impulsive draw options at the same cost that don't blank your existing hand. In Commander, the card finds its niche in Rakdos or mono-red decks that reward emptying or cycling through their hand, particularly alongside commanders that care about discard, hellbent, or maximum hand size. Oathbreaker is theoretically the same story, just faster.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Ignorant Bliss is firmly bulk — it costs nothing to throw in a box and test. Demand is too narrow to push the price anywhere meaningful, so expect it to stay in this tier indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.