Is Rewind good in Commander?

Rewind in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Rewind counters any spell and untaps four lands, effectively making it free the moment you have five or more mana available. In cost-reduction shells, especially with Baral, Chief of Compliance on the field, it costs one blue and leaves your mana completely open for the rest of the turn.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Baral, Chief of Compliance

71.3% of decks · synergy 0.59

Baral, Chief of Compliance reduces Rewind to three mana, and the untap trigger returns that three mana immediately — netting a free counterspell every time you leave lands up, which is every turn in a Baral deck.

02

Melek, Reforged Researcher

49.8% of decks · synergy 0.43

Melek, Reforged Researcher rewards you for casting instants and sorceries at every opportunity, and Rewind's untap effect means the mana you spend on interaction is immediately available to cast the next spell Melek is waiting to copy or cascade off of.

03

Eluge, the Shoreless Sea

51.2% of decks · synergy 0.39

Eluge, the Shoreless Sea wants every threat answered without sacrificing tempo, and Rewind's untap effect means protecting Eluge or a key permanent costs nothing on the mana axis — you're fully open the same turn you counter.

04

The Emperor of Palamecia

45.3% of decks · synergy 0.39

The Emperor of Palamecia runs a dense suite of instants and sorceries to trigger its abilities, and Rewind fits cleanly into that suite by returning its own cost, keeping the engine running without stalling development.

05

Rashmi, Eternities Crafter

39.8% of decks · synergy 0.37

Rashmi, Eternities Crafter triggers on the first spell you cast each turn, so casting Rewind on an opponent's turn generates a free cascade trigger while leaving your lands untapped for whatever Rashmi flips off the top.

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	legal
oathbreaker	legal

Commander is where Rewind earns its reputation — four-mana counters are marginal in faster formats, but the untap effect turns it into a tempo-neutral catch-all in a format where single threats can decide games. In Legacy and Vintage, the competition from two-mana counterspells and Force of Will makes Rewind too slow for most serious lists, though fringe combo builds that churn through untap effects occasionally find a slot for it. Modern and Pioneer share the same problem: the format clocks are too fast for a four-mana reactive spell without a more reliable payoff than mana recovery. Pauper is the outlier in competitive formats — Rewind is legal there, and in slower blue control shells where tempo matters more than raw efficiency, it's a legitimate option worth testing.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

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Rewind has been printed enough times across its history that copies are easy to find at low prices — check Scryfall's edition list for the cheapest printing before buying. It's a safe pickup for any blue Commander deck that wants hard interaction without worrying about the price tag.