Panoptic Mirror
Artifact
Imprint — 
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: You may exile an instant or sorcery card with mana value X from your hand.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may copy a card exiled with this artifact. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Darksteel
- Price
- $25.98
- EDHREC rank
- #10971
Panoptic Mirror turns any instant or sorcery in your hand into a permanent, repeatable effect — imprint Time Warp and you're taking every turn until someone deals with it. The seven-mana setup cost is steep, but the payoff is game-ending the moment it survives a turn cycle.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Panoptic Mirror actually lives — the singleton format rewards high-impact permanents that win on their own, and a five-mana-or-less extra turn spell imprinted here ends the game on the spot. Legacy and Vintage allow it, but both formats are too fast and too interaction-dense for a seven-mana artifact that does nothing the turn it enters; it simply never makes the cut. Oathbreaker is an interesting fringe case, since the lower life totals and tighter card pools make a looping Panoptic Mirror even more oppressive, but the format's smaller player base limits its relevance.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Nothing fully replicates what Panoptic Mirror does — the closest analogues are cards that recur spells rather than imprint them, like Underworld Breach or Commit // Memory effects, but those require active mana investment each loop rather than a free trigger. If the goal is repeated extra turns specifically, Medomai's Prophecy and similar enchantments approximate the effect at a fraction of the price, though none match the unconditional, zero-upkeep repetition Panoptic Mirror provides.
Price Context
Current price
$25.98 premium tier
At $25.98, Panoptic Mirror sits in premium territory for a card that sees almost no competitive play — the price is driven entirely by Commander demand and a single printing with no reprint in sight. It holds value because it's uniquely powerful in the right shell, but it's a luxury pickup, not a staple.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.