Outpace Oblivion
Enchantment
Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.)
When this enchantment enters, it deals 5 damage to up to one target creature or planeswalker.
, Sacrifice this enchantment: It deals 2 damage to each player who doesn't have max speed.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #16815
Outpace Oblivion gives your whole team haste and an immediate power boost for a single mana — the effect lands the turn you cast it, not a turn later. In Samut, the Driving Force builds that want to swing wide and fast, this is the kind of one-mana burst that ends games rather than sets them up.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Samut, the Driving Force
Samut, the Driving Force already rewards attacking with a full board, and Outpace Oblivion's haste grant means every creature you deploy that turn swings immediately — turning a midgame development step into a lethal alpha strike.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Outpace Oblivion occupies a narrow but real role: it's a one-mana way to give your entire board haste in decks that go wide or dump creatures in one explosive turn. Competitive one-on-one formats like Modern and Pioneer have little use for it — those environments reward incremental card advantage over situational burst effects that scale with board size. Standard and Legacy are in the same boat; the effect only pulls weight when you're already winning, which is a liability at those tables. Commander is simply where this card lives, and even there it's a role-player for specific aggro or combo-attack strategies rather than a universal include.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Outpace Oblivion is bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without a second thought. There's no reason to expect the price to move; the demand ceiling is low and supply is plentiful, so grab a copy if the effect fits your deck and don't think twice about the cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.