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Pattern of Rebirth

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, that creature's controller may search their library for a creature card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
Ultimate Masters
Price
$4.10
EDHREC rank
#6937
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Pattern of Rebirth card art
Pattern of Rebirth is a one-card tutor-and-reanimate on a creature you were already planning to sacrifice — when it resolves, it converts any expendable body into any creature from your library at instant speed. The four-mana enchant cost is real, but commanders like Yenna, Redtooth Regent copy it for free and Stangg, Echo Warrior generates tokens that turn every Pattern trigger into a second free search.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Stangg, Echo Warrior

Stangg, Echo Warrior

37.0% of decks · synergy 0.36

Stangg, Echo Warrior creates token copies of Auras it enchants, which means Pattern of Rebirth effectively doubles up — sacrifice one token to fetch a creature, then sacrifice the other to fetch a second, turning a single enchantment into two unconditional tutors from the battlefield.

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 Pattern of Rebirth does its best work: the singleton format rewards a card that finds any creature in the deck, sacrifice synergies are everywhere, and four mana is easy to justify when the payoff is a Craterhoof Behemoth or Protean Hulk landing for free. In Legacy and Vintage, Pattern of Rebirth sees fringe play in dedicated Hulk piles where the enchant-a-creature line is faster or more resilient than competing lines, though neither format gives it a wide meta footprint. Oathbreaker functions similarly to Commander for this card — small format, high impact per card slot, and the same sacrifice-outlet infrastructure to crack it immediately.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$4.10 cheap tier

At $4.10, Pattern of Rebirth sits in the budget-staple tier — cheap enough that there's no reason to skip it in any green deck running a sacrifice outlet. Supply is thin enough that the price is unlikely to crater further, making this a safe pickup rather than a speculative one.

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