Temporal Fissure
Sorcery
Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Mind vs. Might
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #11570
Temporal Fissure bounces every nonland permanent your opponents control — for one blue mana, if you've cast enough spells that turn. That condition is the whole game: in a storm shell it's a one-sided board wipe that sets the table for your win; outside one, it's uncastable. Fblthp, Lost on the Range builds exactly the kind of spell-dense turns that make Temporal Fissure a reliable closer.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | banned |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Temporal Fissure is banned in Pauper, which tells you everything about its ceiling at common — storm plus a one-sided bounce-all was too consistent a win condition in that format's slower, grindier metagame. Legacy and Vintage permit it but rarely see it, since faster storm payoffs exist in those formats. Commander is where Temporal Fissure finds its real home: the singleton rule and 40-life format mean you're almost never trying to win on turn two, so the storm count requirement is a feature rather than a flaw — it rewards the big, spell-dense turns that Commander storm decks naturally produce.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Fblthp, Lost on the Range
Fblthp, Lost on the Range casts spells off the top of your library, so a single activation can chain four or five spells and hand Temporal Fissure the storm count it needs to clear the board.
Vadrik, Astral Archmage
Vadrik, Astral Archmage reduces instant and sorcery costs as his power grows, meaning Temporal Fissure can become effectively free mid-combo — and the cost reduction stacks with every other spell in the chain to inflate storm count fast.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Temporal Fissure is pure bulk despite its power level — supply from multiple printings keeps the price pinned low. It's a safe pickup that won't spike unless storm gets a breakout Commander printing, and even then the ceiling is modest.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.