Metamorphic Blast
Instant
Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
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— Until end of turn, target creature becomes a white Rabbit with base power and toughness 0/1.
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— Target player draws two cards.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #12966
Metamorphic Blast turns any instant or sorcery in your graveyard into a copy of itself — flexible recursion stapled to a single card that snowballs fast when your spells are worth repeating. The cost is real: it demands a stocked graveyard and a Temur shell to hit its ceiling, and Riku of Many Paths is the commander that most reliably delivers both.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Riku of Many Paths
Riku of Many Paths copies spells as they're cast, and Metamorphic Blast feeds that engine by recurring the best instant or sorcery already in your graveyard — effectively letting Riku's ability fire on a spell you've already proven is worth doubling.
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, Metamorphic Blast is a value piece in spellslinger builds that want graveyard recursion without dedicating slots to narrow retrieval spells — it's most at home in Temur or four-to-five color decks stacking instants and sorceries. Competitive formats like Legacy and Modern have access to more powerful and more consistent recursion, so Metamorphic Blast doesn't clear the bar there. Standard and Pioneer give it more room to breathe, particularly in control shells that cycle through instants and want late-game reach, though it still competes against purpose-built recursion. Across all formats, the card rewards density — the more high-impact instants and sorceries you're running, the more Metamorphic Blast justifies its slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Metamorphic Blast is deep bulk — easy to pick up without any budget consideration. Cards at this price tier rarely spike unless a format-breaking deck adopts them, so treat it as a stable, low-risk inclusion rather than a speculative pickup.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.