Pale Moon
Instant
Until end of turn, if a player taps a nonbasic land for mana, it produces colorless mana instead of any other type.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Nemesis
- Price
- $0.48
- EDHREC rank
- #27091
Pale Moon converts all nonbasic lands to colorless mana producers for a turn — at instant speed, for one blue mana. It's a narrow stax piece and a niche combo enabler, not a staple, but in the right shell it punishes greedy mana bases harder than most cheap interaction.
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 |
In Commander, Pale Moon earns a slot in stax or control shells that want to shut off opponents' colored mana for a critical turn — think winter-orb-style disruption timed around a key threat or combo. Legacy is the other realistic home, where fetches and duals are ubiquitous enough that Pale Moon can blank an opponent's mana development at a meaningful moment; it sees near-zero play there but the ceiling exists. Vintage has the same theoretical ceiling and the same practical obscurity. It's not legal in Modern, Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper, so the conversation starts and ends with Commander for most players.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.48 bulk tier
At $0.48, Pale Moon is firmly bulk — the price reflects how rarely it fits a list, not any lack of power in the right context. It's unlikely to climb unless a popular stax commander pushes it into the spotlight, so pick it up cheap if you need it and don't worry about the supply.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.