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Nexus of Fate

Instant

Take an extra turn after this one.
If Nexus of Fate would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, reveal Nexus of Fate and shuffle it into its owner's library instead.

CMC
7
Mana cost
{5}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Secret Lair Promo
Price
$7.97
EDHREC rank
#2292
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Nexus of Fate card art
Nexus of Fate gives you an extra turn and then shuffles itself back into your library — no graveyard, no exile, just an engine that never runs out of gas. Under Narset, Enlightened Master it's essentially free, and on Isochron Scepter it becomes an infinite-turn lock that ends games on the spot.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer banned
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Nexus of Fate is banned in Pioneer, where it enabled degenerate loops that proved impossible to interact with at reasonable speed. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage leave it legal, though the seven-mana cost keeps it honest in those formats — you need a very specific shell to make it competitive. Commander gives it a full pass: the singleton rule means you can't chain multiples from hand, and the shuffle-back clause is actually a feature at the 99-card table, letting you rebuy the effect every time you dig deep enough to find it again.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Narset, Enlightened Master

Narset, Enlightened Master

44.4% of decks · synergy 0.43

Narset, Enlightened Master's attack trigger exiles cards until it hits a noncreature noncreature spell, casting them for free — Nexus of Fate off that trigger means another combat, another exile chain, and a clean loop that never touches the graveyard.

02
Quandrix, the Proof

Quandrix, the Proof

33.6% of decks · synergy 0.32

Quandrix, the Proof rewards casting spells with high mana values, and Nexus of Fate at seven mana delivers a large payoff while shuffling back to fuel future triggers rather than clogging the graveyard.

03
Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

26.5% of decks · synergy 0.26

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign casts the top card for free whenever it connects — Nexus of Fate has an odd mana value of seven, making it a live hit that immediately grants another untap and another attack, compounding free casts.

04
Eluge, the Shoreless Sea

Eluge, the Shoreless Sea

27.4% of decks · synergy 0.22

Eluge, the Shoreless Sea cares about taking multiple turns and accumulating value across them, and Nexus of Fate's built-in recursion means it keeps returning to push Eluge's engine forward without ever disappearing from the game.

05
Edric, Spymaster of Trest

Edric, Spymaster of Trest

23.3% of decks · synergy 0.21

Edric, Spymaster of Trest converts combat damage into cards, and extra turns under Edric mean extra attack steps, exponential card draw, and opponents drowning before they can stabilize — Nexus of Fate extends that snowball indefinitely.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Nexus of Fate has no true one-to-one replacement — the shuffle-back clause is unique and is the whole reason it's worth running. Time Warp is the closest analog at roughly a third of the price, but it goes to the graveyard, making it a one-shot unless you have recursion in place. If the goal is volume of extra turns rather than a looping single copy, Time Warp and Temporal Trespass cover the same role with more fragility and a lower price tag.

Price Context

Current price

$7.97 mid tier

At $7.97, Nexus of Fate sits in the mid tier — not a budget card, but not a reserved-list-style investment either. It's a reasonable include for any blue combo deck that can exploit the extra turns, and the price reflects steady casual demand rather than competitive scarcity.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.