Temporal Cascade
Sorcery
Choose one —
• Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library.
• Each player draws seven cards.
Entwine (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.53
- EDHREC rank
- #16805
Temporal Cascade makes every opponent shuffle their hand and graveyard into their library and draw seven — a full reset of the game state at instant speed for seven mana. It's a haymaker in decks that punish large graveyards or benefit from a fresh hand, and dead weight everywhere else.
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 |
Commander is where Temporal Cascade actually sees play — the four-player table means you're resetting three opponents simultaneously, which can neutralize a runaway graveyard deck or refuel a table that's stalled out. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; seven mana at instant speed doesn't compete in formats where games end before that investment is realistic. Oathbreaker is theoretically fine but the same logic applies — the card is built for the scale of a multiplayer pod, not a two-player game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.53 bulk tier
At $0.53, Temporal Cascade sits firmly in bulk territory — cheap enough to throw into any deck that wants the effect without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow appeal don't trend upward, so don't expect movement.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.