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Quantum Misalignment

Sorcery

Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control, except it isn't legendary.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Doctor Who
Price
$21.79
EDHREC rank
#1982
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Quantum Misalignment card art
Quantum Misalignment is a copy-your-own-spell effect that doubles up on enters-the-battlefield triggers and instant-speed shenanigans for a single blue mana, making it one of the cheapest copy spells in Commander. Dualcaster Mage gets the spotlight in infinite combo lines, but Quantum Misalignment slots into The Celestial Toymaker and similar spell-doubling shells as a no-brainer inclusion at its price point.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
The Celestial Toymaker

The Celestial Toymaker

46.2% of decks · synergy 0.43

The Celestial Toymaker's game plan revolves around copying and replaying spells to chain through its toy-creation triggers, and Quantum Misalignment is exactly the low-cost copy effect that engine wants — it doubles a key spell without eating up meaningful mana.

02
Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist

Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist

37.9% of decks · synergy 0.35

Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist forces everyone to create Salamander tokens, and Quantum Misalignment lets you copy spells that capitalize on that board state — doubling a key draw or bounce effect while your opponents are drowning in their own tokens.

03
Cynette, Jelly Drover

Cynette, Jelly Drover

37.0% of decks · synergy 0.33

Cynette, Jelly Drover rewards you for making Food and creature tokens, and Quantum Misalignment copies the spells that generate those tokens, effectively doubling your output for a single mana.

04
Sakashima of a Thousand FacesVial Smasher the Fierce

Sakashima of a Thousand Faces // Vial Smasher the Fierce

29.6% of decks · synergy 0.28

Sakashima of a Thousand Faces // Vial Smasher the Fierce thrives on copying creatures and spells for extra damage triggers, and Quantum Misalignment feeds that gameplan by copying high-impact spells during the same turn Vial Smasher is watching.

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

Quantum Misalignment is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its true home is Commander — the singleton format rewards redundant copy effects, and one mana for a spell copy is a rate that compounds in multiplayer games where the spell you're doubling affects multiple opponents or generates multiple tokens. In Legacy and Vintage, the competition from Force of Will, Counterspell, and faster combo infrastructure makes a do-nothing-by-itself copy effect too narrow for most lists. Oathbreaker is the one other format where Quantum Misalignment earns a real look, particularly in spell-slinger builds where the oathbreaker's signature spell is the target.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Twincast and Reverberate both do the core job — copy a spell for two mana — and neither breaks a dollar, making them the obvious budget swap if Quantum Misalignment's price is the obstacle. The trade-off is purely the extra mana: one mana versus two matters most in storm-adjacent or low-curve combo lines where Quantum Misalignment's single blue is the difference between going off and falling one mana short.

Price Context

Current price

$21.79 premium tier

At $21.79, Quantum Misalignment sits firmly in premium territory for a copy spell, a price driven by its uniquely low mana cost and its role in multiple combo lines. That price is justified if you're building The Celestial Toymaker or a dedicated copy-spell shell, but if you're just looking for a generic spell doubler in a midrange Commander deck, cheaper alternatives exist and the premium isn't worth it.

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