The Binding of the Titans
Enchantment — Saga
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Each player mills three cards.
II — Exile up to two target cards from graveyards. For each creature card exiled this way, you gain 1 life.
III — Return target creature or land card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #9999
The Binding of the Titans mills three, hits every opponent's graveyard on the way out, and comes back as a 3/3 enchantment creature — all for two mana. In Anikthea, Hand of Erebos decks this is an auto-include: it fills your graveyard while clearing threats from opponents', then becomes a body Anikthea can copy.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Anikthea, Hand of Erebos
Anikthea, Hand of Erebos wants enchantments in the graveyard to copy, and The Binding of the Titans does double duty — self-milling while exiling opposing recursive threats, then graduating into a body Anikthea can replicate.
Narci, Fable Singer
Narci, Fable Singer triggers off sagas, and The Binding of the Titans is cheap enough to resolve early, feeds the graveyard synergies Narci's Abzan shell runs, and converts into a creature without spending an extra card.
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 only format where The Binding of the Titans fully justifies itself — three opponents means three graveyards to exile, and the saga's creature payoff slots cleanly into graveyard-matters and enchantress strategies that are endemic to the format. In Modern and Pioneer it's legal but outclassed: two mana for three cards of self-mill is fine, but dedicated graveyard decks have faster, more consistent options, and the exile mode rarely lines up when you're only facing one opponent. Legacy and Vintage have the card pool to make better use of two mana in almost every case, so The Binding of the Titans doesn't see play there outside of fringe brews.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, The Binding of the Titans is bulk — pick it up without a second thought if you're building any graveyard or enchantment-matters Commander deck. Bulk rares that see this level of Commander play rarely spike hard, so there's no urgency beyond just grabbing one the next time you're placing an order.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.