Space-Time Anomaly
Sorcery
Target player mills cards equal to your life total.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Edge of Eternities Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #8058
Space-Time Anomaly puts a free creature onto the battlefield every turn cycle — the catch is that Hope Estheim has to be your commander for the ability to fire. In any deck built around Hope Estheim, this is an auto-include; everywhere else, it's unplayable.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Hope Estheim
Space-Time Anomaly is essentially a Hope Estheim exclusive — it was designed around him, and roughly two-thirds of all Hope Estheim decks run it for exactly that reason: free creature deployment every round fuels his cost-reduction and board-presence engines simultaneously.
Saruman of Many Colors
Saruman of Many Colors runs Space-Time Anomaly as a free spell trigger, letting him copy the creature spell as it's cast and stack value without spending additional mana.
Will, Scion of Peace
Will, Scion of Peace cares about gaining life and reducing costs, and Space-Time Anomaly's free creature each turn cycle generates the kind of low-cost board presence that keeps Will's discount engine churning.
Soundwave, Sonic Spy
Soundwave, Sonic Spy benefits from Space-Time Anomaly as a no-cost spell to trigger artifact and card-advantage synergies without eating into the mana curve.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Space-Time Anomaly is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its design is so narrowly Commander-specific that competitive non-rotating formats have no reason to register it. In Commander, it ranges from a staple to a blank depending entirely on whether Hope Estheim is sitting in the command zone — 67% of those decks run it for good reason. Outside of Hope Estheim, the effect doesn't function, so no other Commander deck should be sleeving it up.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Space-Time Anomaly isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. Given its near-total dependence on one commander, demand is concentrated rather than broad, which typically keeps niche commander-specific cards affordable.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Hope Estheim
- Saruman of Many Colors
- Will, Scion of Peace
- Soundwave, Sonic Spy
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.