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Uncivil Unrest

Enchantment

Nontoken creatures you control have riot. (They enter with your choice of a +1/+1 counter or haste.)
If a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage instead.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
March of the Machine Commander
Price
$19.45
EDHREC rank
#2833
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Uncivil Unrest card art
Uncivil Unrest gives every creature you control double strike and trample simultaneously — an enchantment that turns any board into a lethal threat the moment you attack. Five mana is real, but the payoff is immediate and permanent, and in sacrifice loops with Ashnod's Altar or counters-matter builds like Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener, the damage math ends games on the spot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener

Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener

66.6% of decks · synergy 0.64

Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener triggers off double strike, meaning each double-striking creature produces two instances of the trigger that Bright-Palm cares about — Uncivil Unrest effectively doubles your counters output while also doubling your damage output in the same swing.

02
Marchesa, the Black Rose

Marchesa, the Black Rose

54.9% of decks · synergy 0.53

Marchesa, the Black Rose wants creatures dying with counters on them to recur, and Uncivil Unrest's double strike reliably lands the +1/+1 counters that make that engine tick — especially when combat damage triggers are on the table.

03
Shalai and Hallar

Shalai and Hallar

45.4% of decks · synergy 0.42

Shalai and Hallar cares about +1/+1 counters being placed on your creatures, and Uncivil Unrest's double strike creates more combat triggers, more proliferate windows, and more counter placement in a single turn — Uncivil Unrest tightens every part of that loop.

04

Optimus Prime, Hero

25.5% of decks · synergy 0.24

Optimus Prime, Hero converts into a vehicle that grows through damage and combat, and Uncivil Unrest's trample plus double strike means every attack threatens lethal commander damage while also charging up the conversion threshold faster.

05
Gev, Scaled Scorch

Gev, Scaled Scorch

24.7% of decks · synergy 0.23

Gev, Scaled Scorch pings opponents when your creatures deal combat damage with counters, and double strike from Uncivil Unrest means each such creature triggers Gev twice in a single attack step.

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

Uncivil Unrest is a Commander card through and through — five mana buys a static anthem that scales with every creature you already control, which is exactly the kind of card that rewards wide boards and long games. Legacy and Vintage technically allow it, but neither format has the patience for a five-mana enchantment that doesn't immediately interact with the stack or accelerate toward a win on its own. Oathbreaker can support it in the right counters or tokens shell, though the smaller starting life totals make the tempo cost sting more. Standard, Pioneer, Modern, and Pauper don't have access to it, so Commander is where Uncivil Unrest lives and where it earns its slot.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Temur Battle Rage does the double strike plus trample trick for one mana, but it's a one-time burst on a single creature rather than a board-wide permanent — fine for a stompy voltron finish, not a replacement for the ongoing engine Uncivil Unrest provides. Fireshrieker grants double strike permanently to one creature for three mana total, which is cheaper but narrow; if your deck only needs one creature to hit hard rather than a full board upgrade, it covers most of the same ground at a fraction of the cost.

Price Context

Current price

$19.45 mid tier

At $19.45, Uncivil Unrest sits in the mid tier — not a casual throw-in, but not a staple you'd hesitate to sleeve. It's the kind of card whose price reflects demand from a specific set of commanders rather than universal adoption, so if you're outside those archetypes the cost is hard to justify.

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