Mystic Melting
Instant
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Coldsnap
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #26666
Mystic Melting destroys any artifact or enchantment unconditionally for four mana at instant speed — clean, reliable, no rider requirements. It's a perfectly functional piece of interaction, but four mana is a steep ask in a format full of three-mana answers like Generous Gift and Dispatch.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Mystic Melting fills the role of artifact and enchantment removal in blue, a color that otherwise struggles to answer resolved permanents — that niche has real value, but the four-mana price tag means you're cutting Cyclonic Rift or counterspell mana to use it. In Legacy and Vintage, it doesn't compete; both formats have access to zero- and one-mana interaction that makes four mana at sorcery-speed-equivalent feel like a forfeit. Modern is similarly uninterested — efficient answers like Fracturing Gust and Shenanigans exist at comparable or lower cost with more upside. Mystic Melting is a Commander card, and only situationally even there.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Mystic Melting is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box or a bulk lot, not a singles order. Don't expect the price to move; demand is low and supply is effectively infinite at this tier.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.