Scrambleverse
Sorcery
For each nonland permanent, choose a player at random. Then each player gains control of each permanent for which they were chosen. Untap those permanents.
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Price
- $2.57
- EDHREC rank
- #9556
Scrambleverse reassigns every nonland permanent on the board to a random player, and at eight mana that chaos is the entire point — not a bonus. It's a staple in Ian Malcolm, Chaotician builds precisely because the randomness isn't a bug, it's the trigger condition.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ian Malcolm, Chaotician
Ian Malcolm, Chaotician scores a Chaos counter every time a random effect resolves, and Scrambleverse — which randomizes ownership of every nonland permanent at once — is one of the highest-density chaos triggers in the format, potentially generating multiple counters in a single cast.
Blim, Comedic Genius
Blim, Comedic Genius wants opponents stuck with permanents that hurt them, and Scrambleverse reshuffles the entire board to create exactly those situations — handing opponents their own death machines or saddling them with high-upkeep liabilities Blim already loaded the table with.
Norin the Wary
Norin the Wary blinks out whenever a player casts a spell or attacks, dodging the random reassignment entirely while Scrambleverse scrambles every other permanent on the table — Norin returns to its owner's control cleanly, having survived the chaos its controller engineered.
Neera, Wild Mage
Neera, Wild Mage decks lean into high-variance, high-impact sorceries, and Scrambleverse fits that shell as a reset valve that destabilizes opponents who have pulled ahead while keeping the game in an unpredictable state where Neera's cascade-style effects thrive.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Scrambleverse is a Commander card — full stop. The multiplayer board state is the only environment where redistributing every nonland permanent at random creates meaningful chaos rather than just handing your one opponent a pile of your stuff. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but essentially unplayed; eight mana is a death sentence in those formats, and the effect doesn't generate the tempo or determinism those environments demand. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where Scrambleverse could theoretically appear, though the smaller starting hand size and faster clock make it a fringe inclusion at best.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.57 cheap tier
At $2.57, Scrambleverse sits in the cheap tier — accessible enough that there's no budget reason to skip it if the effect fits your deck. It's a niche card with a narrow audience, so the price reflects steady casual demand rather than competitive pressure, and it's unlikely to spike or crater without a reprint or new chaos-synergy commander driving interest.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ian Malcolm, Chaotician
- Blim, Comedic Genius
- Norin the Wary
- Neera, Wild Mage
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.