Mizzix's Mastery
Sorcery
Exile target card that's an instant or sorcery from your graveyard. For each card exiled this way, copy it, and you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. Exile Mizzix's Mastery.
Overload 
(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ravnica Remastered
- Price
- $5.58
- EDHREC rank
- #793
Mizzix's Mastery can cast your entire graveyard of instants and sorceries in one explosive turn — and with the overloaded version, every spell hits simultaneously, which means something like Worldfire resolves before opponents can respond to the cascade. Lorehold, the Historian decks run it at a nearly 60% clip for exactly this reason: it's the fastest way to convert a stocked graveyard into a game-ending sequence.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Lorehold, the Historian
Lorehold, the Historian dumps instants and sorceries into the graveyard by design, and Mizzix's Mastery turns that pile into a one-card win condition — overloaded, it fires every spell in the bin at once, which is usually enough to close the game.
Ashling, Flame Dancer
Ashling, Flame Dancer wants to chain spells repeatedly to trigger her damage and copy abilities, and Mizzix's Mastery functions as a second full run through every spell in the graveyard — effectively doubling the total spell count of the game in a single activation.
Kuja, Genome Sorcerer
Kuja, Genome Sorcerer accumulates high-impact sorceries through normal play, and Mizzix's Mastery gives the deck a way to replay the whole sequence from the graveyard once the first wave is exhausted.
Eris, Roar of the Storm
Eris, Roar of the Storm cares about instants and sorceries triggering repeatedly, so Mizzix's Mastery effectively runs the game's spell tape back and fires every trigger a second time.
Veyran, Voice of Duality
Veyran, Voice of Duality doubles magecraft triggers, which means Mizzix's Mastery overloaded doesn't just replay the graveyard — it doubles the trigger count on every spell it copies, turning a recovery play into an exponential burst.
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 Mizzix's Mastery lives — graveyard depth accumulates naturally over a long multiplayer game, and the overloaded mode has enough raw power to end a game outright from behind. Legacy and Vintage allow it, but the four-mana base cost competes with formats that want cheaper, more consistent graveyard payoffs, and it sees essentially no play there. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home given the shorter game length and spell-slinger signatures that stock the graveyard quickly. Outside those formats it's simply not legal, but that barely matters — this card was designed for Commander and that's where it delivers.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
WorldfireMizzix's Mastery
Each opponent loses the game; Exile all cards in hands and graveyards; Exile all permanents; Near-infinite lifeloss for all players; Mass Land Denial
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Past in Flames does most of the same work for under $1 — it grants flashback to every instant and sorcery in the graveyard rather than copying them, which is a meaningful distinction (no free cast, just discounted) but achieves similar board impact. Mizzix's Mastery pulls ahead when the overloaded version matters, specifically in decks that need the simultaneous resolution rather than a spell-by-spell replay; if that corner case isn't core to the strategy, Past in Flames is the honest budget swap.
Price Context
Current price
$5.58 mid tier
At $5.58, Mizzix's Mastery sits in mid-tier pricing — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate inclusion, cheap enough that it belongs in any deck with a real graveyard plan. It's a strong hold at this price given how few cards can replicate the overloaded mode's simultaneous-resolution effect at any cost.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.