Split the Party
Sorcery
Choose target player. Return half the creatures they control to their owner's hand, rounded up.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #20247
Split the Party distributes your creatures among opponents as evenly as possible, then each opponent gains control of their group — a one-sided board wipe that converts your own threats into political leverage or clears a creature-heavy board by forcing donations. The cost is real: you lose everything you put into those creatures, so this only belongs in decks that generate tokens cheaply or actively want to empty the board.
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 |
Commander is the natural home for Split the Party — three opponents means three piles, and the multiplayer chaos of handing a 5/5 to someone who's about to attack elsewhere is exactly the kind of political tool the format rewards. Outside Commander, Split the Party struggles to justify itself: in Modern and Legacy, you're rarely ahead on board enough to make giving away creatures a net positive, and the effect is too slow and too symmetry-dependent to compete with conventional removal. Pioneer offers no better case. The card is simply built for the four-player table.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Split the Party is deep bulk — buy a playset without thinking about it. Niche political cards at this price rarely spike unless they find a combo home, and this one hasn't, so expect it to stay in the penny bin.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.