Lost in Space
Instant
Target artifact or creature's owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library. Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Edge of Eternities
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #22072
Lost in Space exiles a nonland permanent your opponent controls and keeps it gone as long as Lost in Space stays on the battlefield — a repeatable removal threat stapled to a cheap enchantment. At three mana with no additional activation cost, the impact-to-investment ratio is high, but the permanent comes back the moment the enchantment leaves.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Lost in Space punches above its weight: three mana to strand a problematic permanent is clean, and enchantment removal is less universal than artifact removal in most metas, so it sticks more often than you'd expect. The comes-into-play trigger means blink and flicker commanders get repeated exile effects, and sacrifice-to-destroy effects don't break the lock unless they target enchantments specifically. In competitive one-on-one formats like Legacy or Modern, the conditional nature of the lock — answer the enchantment, get your permanent back — makes it too fragile for serious play. Pauper and Pioneer players have cleaner options at the same slot, so Lost in Space is essentially a Commander card wearing a universal legality badge.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Lost in Space is pure bulk — pick up a copy at the bottom of any bulk bin without a second thought. Bulk enchantments at this price point don't appreciate unless they find a combo home, and this one hasn't found one yet.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.