Order of Succession
Sorcery
Choose left or right. Starting with you and proceeding in the chosen direction, each player chooses a creature controlled by the next player in that direction. Each player gains control of the creature they chose.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2013
- Price
- $0.42
- EDHREC rank
- #16193
Order of Succession reshuffles creature ownership around the table in one shot — starting with you and snaking through opponents based on turn order, which means in a four-player game you're picking up someone else's best threat while everyone else scrambles. Six mana is real, but the spell replaces itself with whatever you steal and can dismantle a board state that removal spells can't touch.
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 |
Order of Succession is a Commander-native card — the snake-draft clause only generates real value with three or more opponents, and the political texture of redistributing threats is a dynamic that simply doesn't exist in one-on-one formats. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but the six-mana sorcery slot is occupied by faster, more reliable effects, so it sees no meaningful play there. Commander is where it lives: the card punishes tables that allow a single player to develop an overwhelming board and doubles as a political tool, since everyone at the table receives something and grievances get spread around. Oathbreaker is legal but the smaller card pool and faster game pace make six mana harder to justify.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.42 bulk tier
At $0.42, Order of Succession sits firmly in bulk territory and is one of the better-value political haymakers available at that price point. Casual demand keeps a floor under it, but there's no scarcity driving it higher — pick up copies freely without concern about price movement.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.