Unfortunate Accident
Instant
Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
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— Destroy target creature.
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— Create a 1/1 red Mercenary creature token with "
: Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery."
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #17894
Unfortunate Accident destroys a creature or planeswalker and replaces itself with a Clue — instant-speed removal that doesn't cost you a card. Outside of Laughing Jasper Flint, where the Clue token fuels the discard-matters engine, it's a serviceable but unspectacular rate in a format full of cheaper or more flexible answers.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Laughing Jasper Flint
Laughing Jasper Flint keys off opponents discarding, and the Clue token Unfortunate Accident generates gives you a repeatable discard outlet to crack when it benefits the engine most — removal and payoff rolled into one card.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Unfortunate Accident is a clean two-for-one at three mana — removal plus a Clue — but three mana at instant speed is a crowded slot, and most decks not running Laughing Jasper Flint will prefer Swords to Plowshares or Generous Gift for the efficiency. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, the rate doesn't clear the bar; dedicated removal suites have no use for the Clue upside at this cost. Standard is the context where it's most serviceable, when the card pool is shallow enough that a modal removal spell with card-draw attached earns its slot. Legacy and Vintage don't give it a second look.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Unfortunate Accident is deep bulk — pick up copies without a second thought. Bulk commons rarely move on price, and nothing about this card's demand profile suggests otherwise.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.