Sway of the Stars
Sorcery
Each player shuffles their hand, graveyard, and all permanents they own into their library, then draws seven cards. Each player's life total becomes 7.
- CMC
- 10
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $4.13
- EDHREC rank
- #18341
Sway of the Stars resets the entire game — every permanent gone, every hand and library rebuilt to seven — and then kills everyone at one life. The catch is ten mana and no built-in way to win through the reset, which means it only earns its slot when you have a commander like Syr Konrad, the Grim who triggers on every card hitting a graveyard and converts the mass shuffle into lethal damage.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sway of the Stars is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's effectively a Commander card — ten mana is unplayable in Legacy, Modern, and Vintage without a dedicated cheat-it-in shell that has strictly better reset options. In Commander it finds a home in blue decks that either win on the stack when Sway resolves or have a commander that survives or profits from the game state being wiped clean. Oathbreaker is theoretically legal but the same dependency on a synergy piece applies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Sway of the StarsSyr Konrad, the Grim
Each opponent loses the game; Near-infinite lifeloss for all players; Shuffle all hands, graveyards and permanents on the battlefield into their owner's library
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Sway of the StarsVela the Night-Clad
Each opponent loses the game; Near-infinite lifeloss for all players; Shuffle all hands, graveyards and permanents on the battlefield into their owner's library
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Sway of the StarsNadier's Nightblade
Each opponent loses the game; Near-infinite lifeloss for all players; Shuffle all hands, graveyards and permanents on the battlefield into their owner's library
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Sway of the StarsMyojin of Roaring BladesHigh Fae Trickster
Each opponent loses the game; Near-infinite lifeloss for all players; Shuffle all hands, graveyards and permanents on the battlefield into their owner's library
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Sway of the StarsDelusions of MediocrityFractured Identity
Each opponent loses the game; Near-infinite lifeloss for all players; Shuffle all hands, graveyards and permanents on the battlefield into their owner's library
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Current price
$4.13 cheap tier
At $4.13, Sway of the Stars sits at a fair price for a narrow, build-around reset spell with a cult following in Syr Konrad and Jhoira lists. It's unlikely to spike further given how few decks can use it, but it also won't crater — casual demand for dramatic game-ending plays keeps a floor under it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.