Unhinge
Sorcery
Target player discards a card.
Draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Torment
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #27283
Unhinge destroys target enchantment and deals 1 damage to that permanent's controller — two lines of value stapled onto one black mana at instant speed. It's a narrow but efficient answer in any black deck that needs enchantment removal without dipping into white or green.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Unhinge fills a real gap: black rarely gets clean enchantment removal, and this does it at instant speed for one mana with a damage rider that occasionally matters. Legacy and Vintage have no shortage of better options, so Unhinge doesn't see meaningful play there. Pauper is where the efficiency argument is strongest — common-slot enchantment removal with upside is genuinely useful in that format's tighter card economy. Outside black Commander shells that can't afford to splash, Unhinge is a niche role-player rather than a format staple.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Unhinge sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying almost nothing for a card that solves a real problem. Bulk prices like this are stable by definition; there's no demand spike coming, but there's no reason it gets cheaper either.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.