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Palinchron

Creature — Illusion

Flying
When this creature enters, untap up to seven lands.
{2}{U}{U}: Return this creature to its owner's hand.

CMC
7
Mana cost
{5}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Vintage Masters
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#7539
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Palinchron card art
Palinchron untaps seven lands when it enters and can bounce itself — that alone makes it a mana-positive engine in any blue deck with enough lands in play. Pair it with Deadeye Navigator and the loop goes infinite, which is why it shows up in every serious blue combo list.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Palinchron lives — the format's singleton rule and longer games give it time to set up, and the abundance of infinite-mana payoffs makes its loop lines actually win games. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but essentially unplayed; seven mana is too slow for those formats and the combo lines it enables are either redundant or too fragile against interaction. Palinchron is a Commander card through and through.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current listings. Palinchron has historically commanded a premium as a Reserved List card, so expect prices to reflect that scarcity regardless of reprint prospects.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.