Maestros Confluence
Sorcery
Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• Return target monocolored instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn.
• Goad each creature target player controls. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BRU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- New Capenna Commander
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #14421
Maestros Confluence lets you pick three modes from a menu of targeted removal, graveyard recursion, and card selection — all on a single five-mana instant that scales to what the board actually demands. In Anhelo, the Painter, a single casualty trigger copies the whole spell, meaning you're resolving six mode selections for five mana, which is a backbreaking rate.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Anhelo, the Painter
Anhelo, the Painter's casualty mechanic copies Maestros Confluence outright, doubling all three chosen modes for free — removal, recursion, or looting, twice over, on the opponent's end step.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Maestros Confluence earns its slot: the singleton format rewards modal spells that answer multiple threat types, and five mana at instant speed is a real cost the format's ramp density can absorb. Legacy and Vintage are both legal, but the competition from faster and more redundant spells makes it a non-starter in either — no competitive list is casting a five-mana modal instant when cheaper options exist. Outside those eternal formats, Maestros Confluence is simply not legal, so Commander and Oathbreaker are the only homes worth discussing.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Maestros Confluence is firmly bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that overperforms in the right shell. Bulk rares with genuine Commander utility tend to stay cheap indefinitely, so there's no urgency, but there's also no reason to hesitate at this price.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.