Is Oblivion Sower good in Commander?

Oblivion Sower in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Oblivion Sower enters as a 5/8 and immediately rips every exiled land off the top of an opponent's library onto your battlefield — ramp and a threat in one body. Six mana is a real cost, but Ulalek, Fused Atrocity copies the trigger across every opponent simultaneously, turning one cast into a land avalanche that can put five or six basics into play at once.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Ulalek, Fused Atrocity

63.2% of decks · synergy 0.60

Ulalek, Fused Atrocity copies the enters-the-battlefield trigger for each other Eldrazi cast that turn, so a single Oblivion Sower under Ulalek can drain every opponent's exile zone and flood your board with lands all at once.

02

Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood

37.3% of decks · synergy 0.37

Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood uses Gilanra's draw trigger whenever you cast a six-plus-mana spell, so Oblivion Sower replaces itself while also building your mana base from opponents' exile zones.

03

Belbe, Corrupted Observer

33.7% of decks · synergy 0.33

Belbe, Corrupted Observer deals damage to opponents each end step, exiling cards from the top of their libraries in the process — Oblivion Sower then cashes in all those exiled lands for free battlefield entry.

04

Zhulodok, Void Gorger

61.1% of decks · synergy 0.31

Zhulodok, Void Gorger gives colorless spells with mana value seven or more double cascade, and while Oblivion Sower sits just under that threshold at six, it's a premier ramp piece that keeps the colorless threat chain moving.

05

Umbris, Fear Manifest

31.3% of decks · synergy 0.30

Umbris, Fear Manifest mills opponents whenever a horror or nightmare enters under your control, and Oblivion Sower directly converts that growing exile pile into lands — the more Umbris mills, the more free ramp Oblivion Sower harvests.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	legal
pioneer	legal
standard	not legal
vintage	legal
pauper	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Commander is where Oblivion Sower does its best work: three opponents mean three exile zones to plunder, and any deck running mill, self-exile, or cascade effects turns the land-theft trigger from a bonus into a primary engine. In Modern and Pioneer it's a fringe roleplayer at best — six mana is too slow for those formats without a dedicated Eldrazi shell to support it, and even then larger Eldrazi usually take the slot. Legacy and Vintage have access to faster mana that could theoretically land Oblivion Sower early, but those formats have no interest in a six-mana 5/8 with a conditional trigger when the competition includes Emrakul.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.41 bulk tier

At $0.41, Oblivion Sower is bulk — the kind of card you pick up without thinking twice when building an Eldrazi or Colorless Commander list. The price reflects its niche but not embarrassing role: widespread enough in Commander to see consistent demand, but not staple-tier enough to climb.