Planar Overlay
Sorcery
Each player chooses a land they control of each basic land type. Return those lands to their owners' hands.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Planeshift
- Price
- $0.46
- EDHREC rank
- #28972
Planar Overlay makes every player swap their lands for lands from another player's side — a full reset of the mana base at instant speed for three mana. It's a niche piece, but in the right deck it's a hard lock or a brutal tempo swing that non-blue tables simply can't answer.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Planar Overlay earns a slot, and even there it's a build-around rather than a staple. Its power scales with how asymmetrically you can abuse the swap — decks that run basic-heavy or land-independent mana, or that punish opponents for having the wrong land types, get real mileage from it. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes with too many faster, more reliable disruption tools to see meaningful play. Oathbreaker shares Commander's multiplayer context and could support similar land-disruption strategies, though the smaller deck size makes it harder to build around consistently.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.46 bulk tier
At $0.46, Planar Overlay sits firmly in bulk territory. It's a low-risk pickup for anyone building around land-swap shenanigans, and that niche demand is unlikely to push the price anywhere meaningful.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.