Parallax Dementia
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Fading 1 (This enchantment enters with one fade counter on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)
Enchanted creature gets +3/+2.
When this Aura leaves the battlefield, destroy enchanted creature. That creature can't be regenerated.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Nemesis
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #27102
Parallax Dementia is a two-mana enchantment that drains its host creature of power and toughness via fade counters, ultimately destroying it when the last counter is removed — but it also destroys the enchanted creature's controller's other permanents when it leaves play, turning removal into a liability. The symmetrical punishment clause is the entire reason to run it, and outside of niche self-bounce or graveyard synergies, that clause is too unreliable to build around.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Parallax Dementia sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy or Vintage, where the combination of slow setup and conditional payoff can't compete with the format's removal density and speed. In Commander, it occupies a narrow role: decks that deliberately bounce their own enchantments — or sacrifice them for value — can weaponize the leaves-play trigger against a single opponent, but the effect is too telegraphed to land reliably in a four-player game. Pauper is its most plausible home, where the card pool is shallow enough that a two-mana enchantment with any board impact gets a second look, though it still demands specific support to do real work.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Parallax Dementia is firmly bulk — the kind of card that shows up in a collection binder rather than a cart. That price reflects real demand: there is almost none, and it is unlikely to move without a new commander printing that explicitly rewards enchantment-bouncing in black.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.