Renounce the Guilds
Instant
Each player sacrifices a multicolored permanent of their choice.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Dragon's Maze
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #22235
Renounce the Guilds kills one multicolored permanent from each opponent for a single white mana — that's Commander-caliber efficiency at instant speed. The catch is your opponents choose what they sacrifice, so it cleans up the table's worst threats only when those threats happen to be multicolored.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Renounce the Guilds earns its slot: three or more opponents each losing a multicolored permanent for one mana at instant speed is a legitimate tempo swing, and the multicolored density in most pods is high enough that you're rarely blanked. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it competes with targeted removal that doesn't hand the opponent a choice, which makes it a fringe option at best — sideboard tech against creature-heavy multicolor shells, not a maindeck staple. Vintage has better one-mana answers available. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander dynamic closely enough that the same logic applies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Renounce the Guilds is pure bulk — pickup cost is negligible and there's no meaningful floor to fall through. It won't appreciate, but at this price you're just paying for the card, not the speculation.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.