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Paradigm Shift

Sorcery

Exile all cards from your library. Then shuffle your graveyard into your library.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Weatherlight
Price
$5.42
EDHREC rank
#15809
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Paradigm Shift card art
Paradigm Shift exiles your entire library and puts your graveyard back as your new library — and with Thassa's Oracle in play or in hand, that's an instant-win for two mana. Outside that line, it's a niche self-mill enabler, but Azami, Lady of Scrolls decks and similar blue combo shells run it specifically because the Oracle payoff is so cheap and decisive.

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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

Paradigm Shift is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's where its entire competitive life exists. In Commander it's a staple of blue combo decks looking for a two-mana instant-win setup with Thassa's Oracle. In Legacy and Vintage the line is theoretically available but slower formats have faster, more resilient ways to empty a library, so Paradigm Shift sees almost no play there. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander use case — if your planeswalker and signature spell can assemble the Oracle payoff, Paradigm Shift is a clean finisher.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

There's no true budget replacement for Paradigm Shift because the card's value is almost entirely the two-mana cost attached to a library-emptying effect — cheaper alternatives like Tainted Pact require specific deck-building constraints, and Demonic Consultation costs black mana. If you're priced out, Jace, Wielder of Mysteries can serve as a redundant Thassa's Oracle win condition, but you're paying six mana for a planeswalker rather than two mana for a sorcery.

Price Context

Current price

$5.42 mid tier

At $5.42, Paradigm Shift sits in the mid tier — affordable for what it does, especially given it's a near-mandatory inclusion in any blue deck running the Oracle line. It's a reserved-list card, so the supply is fixed and prices have historically crept upward as Commander grows; at current prices it's a straightforward buy if you're building the combo.

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