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Planar Bridge

Legendary Artifact

{8}, {T}: Search your library for a permanent card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{6}
Color identity
C
Rarity
mythic
Set
Kaladesh Remastered
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#4529
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Planar Bridge card art
Planar Bridge taps for eight mana to put any permanent from your library directly onto the battlefield — no hand, no casting, just immediate presence. The cost is real: eight to activate means you're not doing much else that turn, but when Timestream Navigator or any game-ending artifact enters play from your deck, the game often ends on the spot. Karn, Legacy Reforged decks in particular treat it as the deck's central win condition, since Karn's static ability can generate enough mana to activate it the turn it lands.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Karn, Legacy Reforged

Karn, Legacy Reforged

46.6% of decks · synergy 0.27

Karn, Legacy Reforged turns every artifact on the battlefield into a Mox, and Planar Bridge sits comfortably in that engine as both a mana sink and a finisher — Karn's passive regularly produces enough colorless mana to activate it as early as turn four or five, fetching whatever artifact ends the game.

02
Belbe, Corrupted Observer

Belbe, Corrupted Observer

21.6% of decks · synergy 0.21

Belbe, Corrupted Observer rewards opponents taking damage by funneling up to ten colorless mana per turn, and Planar Bridge is one of the cleanest ways to spend that burst — activate it the same turn Belbe connects and drop any game-winning permanent directly onto the battlefield.

03
Kozilek, the Great Distortion

Kozilek, the Great Distortion

38.8% of decks · synergy 0.19

Kozilek, the Great Distortion demands a colorless mana base that naturally accumulates the eight required to fire Planar Bridge, making it a natural fit in the late game when the deck is flush with Wastes and utility lands producing excess mana.

04
Kruphix, God of Horizons

Kruphix, God of Horizons

12.0% of decks · synergy 0.12

Kruphix, God of Horizons converts unused mana at end of step into a colorless reserve, and Planar Bridge is one of the most efficient ways to cash in a banked pile — tap it with eight stored mana and immediately upgrade to any permanent in the library.

05
Ultima, Origin of Oblivion

Ultima, Origin of Oblivion

28.0% of decks · synergy 0.09

Ultima, Origin of Oblivion builds toward a cascade of high-cost permanents, and Planar Bridge serves as an alternate delivery mechanism — when casting Ultima isn't an option, the Bridge drops the next threat directly into play without ever touching the hand.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is the only format where Planar Bridge does what it's actually built for — singleton construction means the card it fetches is often the single most powerful permanent in the deck, and the slower pace of multiplayer gives you time to reach eight mana. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, the activation cost is simply prohibitive: competitive decks don't survive long enough to tap eight mana for a tutor effect, and faster win conditions exist at every price point. Vintage has the raw speed to generate eight mana earlier, but Planar Bridge competes against far more broken tools and never makes the cut. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where it could theoretically function, since planeswalker-centric builds sometimes stockpile mana artifacts, but the 20-life total and smaller deck size make it a fringe inclusion at best.

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Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data for Planar Bridge isn't currently available in our database, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number before buying. Historically it has sat in the $3–8 range depending on printing, which makes it a reasonable pickup for any colorless-heavy Commander deck where eight-mana activations are realistic.

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