Ojutai's Breath
Instant
Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Iconic Masters
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #21367
Ojutai's Breath taps a creature and draws you a card for two mana — a clean two-for-one in tempo and card advantage. It's narrow enough that only spell-matters and rebound-focused builds want it, but in those shells it punches above its bulk-common price.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ojutai's Breath is a pauper-legal common, and that's where its competitive ceiling sits — tap effects and cantrips are currency in Pauper's tempo and control shells. In Commander, it's too low-impact on its own unless the deck cares specifically about rebound triggers or spells cast from exile. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage all have access to strictly more efficient interaction, so Ojutai's Breath doesn't register there outside of budget casual play. Oathbreaker is the one 60-card-adjacent format where a rebound-synergy planeswalker build might find a niche use for it.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Ojutai's Breath is pure bulk — buy a playset for the cost of a sleeve. Price stability is a non-issue; it will sit at or below this floor indefinitely unless a dedicated rebound deck breaks into a competitive format.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.