Shattered Ego
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -3/-0.
: Put enchanted creature into its owner's library third from the top.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #28889
Shattered Ego exiles a card from the top three of target player's library and lets you put a land into play tapped — instant speed, two mana, meaningful library disruption with a bonus. It's a niche role-player, not a staple, but the land drop makes the cost feel close to free in the right shell.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Shattered Ego competes against more impactful instant-speed plays at two mana, and hitting one of three cards rarely disrupts a 99-card deck enough to matter — the land mode is the real draw for landfall and land-synergy commanders. In Pauper, where card pools are narrower and library manipulation is more meaningful, Shattered Ego has a stronger case as cheap interaction with upside. Legacy and Vintage offer far more powerful options at the same cost, so it won't see play there outside the most budget-constrained builds. Oathbreaker's smaller deck size makes the exile effect marginally more relevant, but it still asks you to justify the slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Shattered Ego is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card itself. There's no meaningful price floor to fall through, and demand is low enough that it won't appreciate unless a future commander makes the land-plus-exile mode suddenly broken.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.