Slice in Twain
Instant
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2019
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #14481
Slice in Twain destroys any artifact or enchantment and replaces itself — four mana for a removal spell that doesn't cost you a card is a clean deal. It's not flashy, but it does exactly what green removal needs to do without leaving you down in hand size.
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 |
In Commander, Slice in Twain earns its slot as a reliable answer to Rhystic Study, Smothering Tithe, or any artifact combo piece, and the cantrip keeps your hand healthy in long games. The four-mana cost is real in a format where two-mana options like Nature's Claim exist, so it belongs in decks that can afford the tempo hit or actively want the draw. In competitive Constructed — Legacy, Modern, Pioneer — it has no foothold; Naturalize effects need to be cheap and fast there, and four mana is simply unplayable against the format's clock. Commander is where Slice in Twain actually lives.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Slice in Twain is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as throw-ins without thinking. It won't appreciate; there are too many printings and too much functional competition at the same price point for that to change.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.