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Throne of Eldraine

Legendary Artifact

As Throne of Eldraine enters, choose a color.
{T}: Add four mana of the chosen color. Spend this mana only to cast monocolored spells of that color.
{3}, {T}: Draw two cards. Spend only mana of the chosen color to activate this ability.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{5}
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
Wilds of Eldraine Commander
Price
$36.98
EDHREC rank
#871
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Throne of Eldraine card art
Throne of Eldraine gives each opponent a copy of each spell you cast — which sounds catastrophic until you realize commanders like Valgavoth, Terror Eater feed on opponents spending resources, and enchantments like Vesuvan Duplimancy let you exploit the extra cast triggers before anyone benefits. The cost is real: handing opponents free spells is a significant political risk that only decks built around that downside can absorb.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Valgavoth, Terror Eater

Valgavoth, Terror Eater

45.9% of decks · synergy 0.36

Valgavoth, Terror Eater grows on opponents spending mana and life, so Throne of Eldraine effectively forces every spell you cast into a Valgavoth trigger factory — opponents casting your copied spells feeds the engine you're trying to protect.

02

Clive, Ifrit's Dominant

32.9% of decks · synergy 0.22

Clive, Ifrit's Dominant cares about noncreature spells and combat, and Throne of Eldraine ensures every spell you fire off ripples across the table, generating the kind of spell-volume pressure that Clive's ability is designed to capitalize on.

03
Ardyn, the Usurper

Ardyn, the Usurper

32.2% of decks · synergy 0.22

Ardyn, the Usurper profits from opponents taking actions — and Throne of Eldraine guarantees they will, since copied spells resolve under their control and count as their actions for Ardyn's triggers.

04
Phage the Untouchable

Phage the Untouchable

31.4% of decks · synergy 0.22

Phage the Untouchable is notoriously difficult to put into play from the command zone without losing, and Throne of Eldraine gives opponents a copy of whatever setup spell you cast — but decks already navigating Phage's constraints use this symmetry deliberately, ensuring opponents copy spells that help you more than them.

05
Tannuk, Steadfast Second

Tannuk, Steadfast Second

31.5% of decks · synergy 0.20

Tannuk, Steadfast Second benefits from high spell density and shared effects, and Throne of Eldraine turns every cantrip or utility spell into a table-wide event that Tannuk's synergies can convert into outsized advantage.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Throne of Eldraine is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is the only format where it sees meaningful play. In Legacy and Vintage, giving opponents free copies of your spells is a liability no competitive shell can justify when the format's threat density punishes symmetry immediately. Commander's multiplayer structure is what makes the card viable at all — the political chaos of three opponents each receiving copies creates a deterrent effect and enables specific commanders to profit from the resulting spell storm. In Oathbreaker it's theoretically playable but the faster game clock reduces the window to abuse the trigger before the board collapses.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Tempt with Reflections and Howling Mine occupy a similar political space — handing opponents something while you take more — but neither replicates the exact copy-each-spell trigger that makes Throne of Eldraine worth building around in the first place. If the budget is the constraint, Replication Technique or Twinning Staff can approximate the copy-spell density at a fraction of the cost, though you lose the automatic opponent-gifting angle entirely.

Price Context

Current price

$36.98 premium tier

At $36.98, Throne of Eldraine sits firmly in the premium tier — justifiable only in the handful of commanders where the downside is the point. It's a narrow enough card that demand won't spike broadly, so the price reflects its spike within specific archetypes rather than general Commander adoption.

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