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Sublime Epiphany

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Choose one or more —
• Counter target spell.
• Counter target activated or triggered ability.
• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
• Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control.
• Target player draws a card.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{4}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
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Price
—
EDHREC rank
#1736
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Sublime Epiphany card art
Sublime Epiphany does five things on one card — counter a spell, bounce a permanent, counter an activated or triggered ability, make a copy of a permanent, and draw a card — and in the right deck, you'll hit three or four of those modes every time you cast it. The cost is real: six mana at instant speed is asking a lot, but Hinata, Dawn-Crowned can slash that cost dramatically, and Dualcaster Mage copying it turns one modal spell into an absurd board state.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Hinata, Dawn-Crowned

Hinata, Dawn-Crowned

71.8% of decks · synergy 0.68

Hinata, Dawn-Crowned cuts the cost of Sublime Epiphany by one mana for each target, routinely making a six-mana spell cost two or three — that discount alone is why Sublime Epiphany shows up in 72% of Hinata builds.

02
Riku of Many Paths

Riku of Many Paths

60.2% of decks · synergy 0.58

Riku of Many Paths copies instants and sorceries for three mana, so a resolved Sublime Epiphany becomes two fully modular haymakers on the same turn, doubling every chosen mode.

03
Hidetsugu and Kairi

Hidetsugu and Kairi

55.3% of decks · synergy 0.54

Hidetsugu and Kairi triggers when it dies or deals damage, putting instants straight from the top into play — Sublime Epiphany off that trigger is essentially free and arrives with full modal flexibility.

04
Eluge, the Shoreless Sea

Eluge, the Shoreless Sea

47.2% of decks · synergy 0.41

Eluge, the Shoreless Sea wants a critical mass of instants and sorceries to trigger its draw and copy effects, and Sublime Epiphany's multi-mode design means it consistently advances the game state while feeding that engine.

05
Shiko and Narset, Unified

Shiko and Narset, Unified

40.8% of decks · synergy 0.37

Shiko and Narset, Unified rewards casting noncreature spells from anywhere but hand and enables rebound-style value loops, making Sublime Epiphany a natural fit for the deck's pattern of extracting maximum value from single high-impact casts.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Sublime Epiphany is a Commander card — full stop. In a 40-life multiplayer game with time to set up and multiple targets to hit, the flexibility of choosing three or four relevant modes in a single cast is frequently worth the six-mana investment. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it is too slow and too underpowered against the format's speed and density of threats; no competitive player in those formats is tapping out for six mana at sorcery-adjacent tempo. Oathbreaker can support it in the same way Commander does, particularly under a cost-reducing signature spell or planeswalker, but the smaller deck size and faster games make it a harder include than in EDH.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Dualcaster MageSublime Epiphany

Dualcaster MageSublime Epiphany

Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite card draw for any number of players; Infinite draw triggers for any number of players

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Scholar of the AgesTurnaboutSublime Epiphany

Scholar of the AgesTurnaboutSublime Epiphany

Infinite card draw for any number of players; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite draw triggers for any number of players; Infinite ETB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite mana permanents you control can produce; Infinite storm count; Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand

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Price Context

Current price

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Current pricing data for Sublime Epiphany isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. Historically it has sat in the bulk-to-low-value range, making it an easy pickup when you find it in a binder.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.