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Obeka, Splitter of Seconds

Legendary Creature — Ogre Warlock

Menace
Whenever Obeka deals combat damage to a player, you get that many additional upkeep steps after this phase.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{1}{U}{B}{R}
Color identity
BRU
Rarity
rare
Set
Outlaws of Thunder Junction
Price
$0.31
EDHREC rank
#5362
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Obeka, Splitter of Seconds card art
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds lets you end the turn at instant speed, which means any triggered ability you don't want to resolve — your opponent's Mechanized Production win trigger, your own lethal upkeep cost — simply never happens. The catch is a 3/3 body for four mana that does nothing the turn it enters; you're paying for a political and combo-enabling tool, not a threat. Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor is the canonical home because curse-based upkeep engines desperately want selective turn-ending control.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor

31.4% of decks · synergy 0.31

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor builds around curses that punish opponents at upkeep, and Obeka, Splitter of Seconds lets you end the turn after your own cursed triggers resolve but before an opponent's blow back lands — precision control over an engine that would otherwise hurt you as much as the table.

02

Esika, God of the Tree

9.4% of decks · synergy 0.09

Esika, God of the Tree running The Prismatic Bridge wants a safety valve against punishing triggered abilities that fire when powerful permanents enter or attack, and Obeka, Splitter of Seconds provides that across five colors without costing a slot in the already-contested legendary lineup.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Obeka, Splitter of Seconds is legal in every major constructed format but sees essentially no play outside Commander — the effect is too slow and too situational for formats where games end on turn three or four. In Commander it earns a genuine slot as both a combo enabler and a political tool: instant-speed turn-ending stops Mechanized Production win triggers, Hellish Rebuke punishments, and any upkeep ability an opponent is counting on. Its ceiling is highest in curse or «end the turn» combo shells, but even as a singleton in the 99 it earns its keep by answering a category of threats most decks have no answer for.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.31 bulk tier

At $0.31, Obeka, Splitter of Seconds sits firmly in bulk territory despite being a unique effect with genuine Commander applications. Bulk rares with narrow but irreplaceable abilities tend to spike hard when a new combo or commander pushes them into the spotlight, so picking up copies now costs almost nothing.

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