Toil // Trouble
Sorcery // Sorcery
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dragon's Maze
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #18800
Toil // Trouble offers two stapled effects — draw two for two mana, or deal damage equal to an opponent's hand size — that are individually playable and occasionally fused into a punishing six-mana blowout. The split card is a role-player in discard-matters and wheel decks, not a staple, but the low floor (Phyrexian Arena without the life loss upside) and high ceiling (late-game burn finishing off a mana-flooded opponent) make it worth the slot if your commander cares about either half.
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 where Toil // Trouble earns its keep — three opponents means the Trouble half can threaten lethal out of nowhere when someone is sandbagging a full grip, and wheel decks that refill everyone's hand set up comically large Trouble hits. In Modern and Legacy the individual halves are simply outclassed: better draw spells and direct damage options exist at the same mana cost without needing Fuse to justify them. Pioneer offers slightly more room but still no compelling shell. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander argument at smaller table sizes, so the card's ceiling drops without the third and fourth opponent.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Toil // Trouble sits firmly in bulk territory — you'll pay more in shipping than in card cost. Bulk split cards rarely appreciate unless a specific commander or combo pushes demand, and nothing on the horizon looks likely to move this one.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.