Leyline of the Void
Enchantment
If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #3422
Leyline of the Void shuts down graveyards from turn zero — if it's in your opening hand, it costs nothing and your opponents never get a graveyard at all. It's the backbone of the Helm of Obedience two-card instant-win and the primary engine that makes Umbris, Fear Manifest grow to lethal size in a single turn cycle.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Umbris, Fear Manifest
Umbris, Fear Manifest gets a counter for each card exiled from opponents' libraries or graveyards, and Leyline of the Void reroutes every card that would go to a graveyard into exile instead — meaning every mill trigger, every fetch, every dredge step becomes a +1/+1 counter instead of a missed trigger.
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Ketramose, the New Dawn cares about life gain and card draw tied to opponents losing life, but the real pull is that decks built around Ketramose, the New Dawn lean heavily on controlling opponents' resources — Leyline of the Void blanks reanimation, flashback, and recursion engines before they ever come online.
Maralen of the Mornsong
Maralen of the Mornsong locks opponents out of drawing cards, and pairing her with Leyline of the Void closes the second escape hatch — opponents can't tutor a graveyard-based win condition because anything that hits the bin is exiled on the spot.
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, Leyline of the Void is a free, permanent answer to the most common engine type in the format — reanimator, Dredge-adjacent value, Underworld Breach loops, and Muldrotha-style recursion all fold to a card that costs zero if you drew it in your opener. In Legacy and Vintage, it's a sideboard staple that sees play precisely because those formats run Dredge and Reanimator as genuine pillars. Modern has Deathrite Shaman banned and fetchlands everywhere, which makes graveyard hate consistently high-value, and Leyline of the Void competes there with Leyline of the Void itself being one of the strongest options available at zero mana. Pioneer's graveyard strategies are softer, so it shows up in sideboards rather than main decks, but it's still the cleanest answer when you need it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available in the current context, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the live number. Leyline of the Void has been reprinted multiple times, which has kept it accessible relative to its raw power level — if you need it for a Helm of Obedience package or an Umbris build, it's worth picking up at whatever the current market rate is rather than waiting.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Helm of Obedience
- Umbris, Fear Manifest
- Ketramose, the New Dawn
- Maralen of the Mornsong
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.