Oblivion Crown
Enchantment — Aura
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "Discard a card: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn."
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Future Sight
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #12137
Oblivion Crown turns a creature into a discard outlet — attach it and the equipped creature discards your whole hand, replacing each land dropped with a card draw if you're running The Gitrog Monster. That triggered loop is the entire reason this card exists, and outside of it, a one-sided hand-dump is close to unplayable.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Gitrog Monster
The Gitrog Monster turns every land discarded via Oblivion Crown into a fresh draw, meaning the forced discard transforms from a drawback into a self-sustaining engine — equip it to any creature and you're cycling through your deck at will.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Oblivion Crown sees virtually no play outside Commander — the discard effect is symmetrically punishing in most Legacy and Vintage contexts where opponents benefit as much as you do. In Pauper it's legal but irrelevant; no common-legal payoff justifies handing your opponent a free discard trigger. Commander is the only format where the card earns its slot, specifically in The Gitrog Monster builds where land-discard fuels draw triggers and enables near-infinite loops. Elsewhere, it's bulk.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
The Gitrog MonsterDakmor SalvageOblivion Crown
Infinite self-mill; Near-infinitely large creature until end of turn; Near-infinite self-discard triggers
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Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Oblivion Crown is deep bulk — pick it up without thinking if you're building The Gitrog Monster. Demand is narrow enough that this price is likely a ceiling, not a floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.