Reflect Damage
Instant
The next time a source of your choice would deal damage this turn, that damage is dealt to that source's controller instead.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $2.76
- EDHREC rank
- #19715
Reflect Damage turns any single damage source aimed at you or a planeswalker you control into a lethal boomerang — for three mana at instant speed, it can one-shot a player out of nowhere. It's a niche card with a ceiling high enough to justify a slot in the right shell.
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 |
Reflect Damage is a Commander card through and through — the format's high life totals and frequent large-damage swings give it the most opportunities to close a game or eliminate a threat player in a single activation. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but sees no meaningful play; those formats move too fast and too interactively for a reactive three-mana instant that does nothing on an empty board. Oathbreaker can occasionally make use of it in aggressive or burn-adjacent builds, but the smaller player counts reduce the political upside that makes Reflect Damage compelling in a four-player pod.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.76 cheap tier
At $2.76, Reflect Damage sits in the cheap tier — low enough to slot in without budget anxiety, but priced above bulk because its niche is real and its printings are limited. Demand won't spike it dramatically, but don't expect it to drop to bulk either; casual and Commander players who want the effect will keep steady pressure on the price.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.