Obscura Confluence
Instant
Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• Until end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and has base power and toughness 1/1.
• Target creature connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)
• Target player returns a creature card from their graveyard to their hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BUW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- New Capenna Commander Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #16531
Obscura Confluence gives you three modes — return a creature, draw and discard, or put a +1/+1 counter on a connive target — and you can pick the same one twice or mix all three for three mana at instant speed. The flexibility alone justifies a slot, but it earns its keep most in decks that want all three effects on the same turn. Kamiz, Obscura Oculus decks run it because every mode either feeds connive or recovers the creatures connive discards.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kamiz, Obscura Oculus
Kamiz, Obscura Oculus wants to connive repeatedly, and Obscura Confluence is the single card that can simultaneously fill the graveyard, grow an attacker, and rebuy a creature that got pitched — often all in one activation at instant speed.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Obscura Confluence is a Commander card, full stop. The three-mana modal instant is calibrated for 40-life games where flexibility over multiple turns matters more than raw efficiency, and the connive synergy is most relevant in Commander's singleton, value-oriented environment. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, it doesn't compete — three mana for a choose-two modal effect is too slow against turn-one and turn-two threats that close games before the Confluence ever untaps. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format worth considering, specifically in a Kamiz shell, where the same engine applies at a smaller table.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Obscura Confluence isn't currently available in our index, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. Given its narrow home in connive-focused Commander builds, it tends to sit in budget-friendly territory — it's not a card that sees cross-format demand driving price spikes.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Kamiz, Obscura Oculus
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.