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Oblivion Ring

Enchantment

When this enchantment enters, exile another target nonland permanent.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Modern Masters 2015
Price
$0.18
EDHREC rank
#4704
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Oblivion Ring card art
Oblivion Ring exiles any nonland permanent on the board for three mana — creatures, planeswalkers, enchantments, artifacts, all of it — and the only cost is that it hands back the permanent if someone destroys the Ring. That vulnerability is real, but three-mana catch-all removal at instant-speed analogue is too efficient to pass up, and in Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward builds the "downside" is actually a feature you engineer into a loop.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's WardCandlekeep Sage

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward // Candlekeep Sage

30.9% of decks · synergy 0.29

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward // Candlekeep Sage flickers his own enchantments to blink the rest of the board, and Oblivion Ring is one of the premier targets: exile something, then flicker the Ring to reset the trigger and permanently strand the exiled permanent when the original leave-the-battlefield trigger resolves first.

02
Ghen, Arcanum Weaver

Ghen, Arcanum Weaver

24.4% of decks · synergy 0.24

Ghen, Arcanum Weaver sacrifices enchantments to reanimate others from the graveyard, which means Oblivion Ring cycles through the yard as both removal and fodder — Ghen gets the exile effect repeatedly while feeding his own engine.

03
Daxos the Returned

Daxos the Returned

18.2% of decks · synergy 0.17

Daxos the Returned generates experience counters for each enchantment that enters under your control, so Oblivion Ring isn't just removal here — it's a counter toward the spirit tokens Daxos creates, doubling as interaction and engine fuel.

04
Zedruu the Greathearted

Zedruu the Greathearted

14.2% of decks · synergy 0.13

Zedruu the Greathearted can donate Oblivion Ring to an opponent after exiling your own token or utility piece, locking the target in exile permanently as long as the opponent controls the Ring and has no reason to destroy it themselves.

05
Sythis, Harvest's Hand

Sythis, Harvest's Hand

13.3% of decks · synergy 0.12

Sythis, Harvest's Hand draws a card for every enchantment you cast, so Oblivion Ring enters for three mana and immediately replaces itself — efficient interaction that pays the Sythis enchantress tax at a price point that never stings.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Oblivion Ring is a Pauper staple precisely because it answers anything nonland at common rarity, a rarity class starved for permanent-type coverage. In Legacy and Vintage it sees virtually no play — three mana is too slow against turn-one combo, and those formats have narrower, faster answers. Commander is where Oblivion Ring earns its keep: the format's emphasis on permanents of every type means the catch-all clause matters, enchantment synergy is widespread, and the political angle of threatening to destroy the Ring to free someone's permanent adds table texture. It's the format for which the card was practically designed.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.18 bulk tier

At $0.18, Oblivion Ring is pure bulk — you'll pay more in shipping than for the card itself, and wide printings guarantee that price stays flat. Pick up four copies at your next LGS visit and never think about it again.

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