Venser's Diffusion
Instant
Return target nonland permanent or suspended card to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Future Sight
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #25568
Venser's Diffusion bounces any nonland permanent or suspended card back to its owner's hand for three mana at instant speed — clean, universal, and usable at end of turn. The cost is real: three mana for a tempo play is the floor of acceptability, and better bounce exists at two.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Venser's Diffusion competes in a crowded bounce slot where Cyclonic Rift, Brazen Borrower, and Rapid Hybridization all do more for the mana or the situation — it's playable but rarely the right call. The suspended-card clause is a narrow upside that almost never matters in Commander pods. In Pauper, the common restriction tightens the competition, and Venser's Diffusion becomes a more reasonable inclusion in tempo and control shells where instant-speed bounce at three mana is within budget. Legacy and Vintage have far too much efficient interaction for a three-mana sorcery-rate effect to see play, regardless of the instant speed.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Venser's Diffusion sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to appreciate — it's a functional common with no scarcity, no reprint pressure, and narrow demand. Pick it up freely if you need a budget bounce spell; just don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.