Mana Severance
Sorcery
Search your library for any number of land cards, exile them, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tempest
- Price
- $3.81
- EDHREC rank
- #14635
Mana Severance exiles every land from your library for two mana, guaranteeing that every future draw or mill is a spell — the setup Goblin Charbelcher needs to become a one-shot kill. Fblthp, Lost on the Range turns the effect into a full-deck reload, making this the cleanest two-mana engine piece in that shell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Fblthp, Lost on the Range
Fblthp, Lost on the Range plots spells off the top of the library, so a land-free library means every plot hits — Mana Severance effectively converts the remaining deck into a perfectly stacked engine with zero dead draws.
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 |
Mana Severance is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and sees essentially no play outside the first and last of those. In Legacy and Vintage the effect is real but narrow — storm and Charbelcher shells have faster, more redundant ways to clear the way, and a two-mana sorcery that does nothing to the board rarely makes the cut at those power levels. Commander is where Mana Severance earns its slot: a singleton format with tutors means you can reliably assemble the Charbelcher kill, and Fblthp, Lost on the Range decks have turned it into a staple at a 42% inclusion rate.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Mana SeveranceSelective MemoryThassa's Oracle
Exile your library; Win the game
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Mana SeveranceSelective MemoryJace, Wielder of Mysteries
Exile your library; Win the game
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Hermit DruidMana SeveranceLaboratory Maniac
Infinite self-mill; Win the game
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Opposition AgentHive MindMana SeveranceSelective Memory
Cast any number of spells from opponents' libraries; Exile all nonland cards from opponents' libraries; Exile each opponent's library; Lock
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Current price
$3.81 cheap tier
At $3.81, Mana Severance sits in budget territory for a card with a narrow but dedicated audience. It's not going lower — the Charbelcher and Fblthp demand is consistent enough to keep a floor under it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.