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Runic Repetition

Sorcery

Return target exiled card with flashback you own to your hand.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Innistrad
Price
$0.06
EDHREC rank
#17365
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Runic Repetition card art
Runic Repetition returns any exiled card with a suspend counter on it to your hand — for three mana — making it the cleanest way to cash in a suspended spell ahead of schedule or loop value with commanders like Mizzix of the Izmagnus who discount instants and sorceries into range. The cost is real: it only touches cards in the exile zone with time counters, so it's a blank if you don't have suspend synergy built in, but Neerdiv, Devious Diver decks treat it as a near-unconditional draw spell.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Neerdiv, Devious Diver

Neerdiv, Devious Diver

24.0% of decks · synergy 0.24

Neerdiv, Devious Diver exiles cards with time counters as a core mechanic, which means Runic Repetition is effectively a three-mana tutor-to-hand for any spell Neerdiv has already set up — it's in nearly a quarter of all Neerdiv lists for exactly that reason.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Runic Repetition is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees meaningful play almost exclusively in Commander. In Legacy and Vintage, suspend synergy isn't a supported archetype, and three mana to retrieve a single card is too slow for those formats' tempo demands. In Modern, suspend payoffs exist but are fringe, and Runic Repetition hasn't broken through there either. Commander is where the card earns its slot — suspend-matters builds centered on commanders like Neerdiv, Devious Diver run it as reliable recursion in a package that doesn't have many alternatives at this price point.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.06 bulk tier

At $0.06, Runic Repetition is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy. It's unlikely to appreciate given its narrow role, but for the decks that want it, the cost of entry is essentially zero.

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