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Vernal Equinox

Enchantment

Any player may cast creature and enchantment spells as though they had flash.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
The List
Price
$1.11
EDHREC rank
#17627
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Vernal Equinox card art
Vernal Equinox turns every player's hand into a flash zone — permanents can be cast at instant speed by anyone at the table, which means your sorcery-speed threats become ambush plays while your opponents get the same privilege. The symmetry is the cost, and it's real; run Vernal Equinox in decks built to exploit the effect, not just benefit from it — Ulalek, Fused Atrocity is a clean example, able to copy triggered abilities off flash creatures dropped at the right moment.

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

Vernal Equinox is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is the only format where it sees meaningful play. In Legacy and Vintage the effect is too slow and too symmetrical — those formats have cheaper, asymmetric flash enablers and no political dimension to offset the risk. Commander is where Vernal Equinox finds its niche: four-player politics mean you can leverage the open table to create windows your opponents can't safely close, and the enchantment's permanence rewards decks that build around it rather than ones that merely tolerate it.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Ulalek, Fused AtrocityDrowner of Truth // Drowned JungleVernal Equinox

Ulalek, Fused AtrocityDrowner of Truth // Drowned JungleVernal Equinox

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite copies of abilities you control on the stack; Infinite copies of a specific creature

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Price Context

Current price

$1.11 cheap tier

At $1.11, Vernal Equinox sits in budget-include territory — low enough that there's no real barrier to testing it. It's a niche enchantment with a narrow best-fit profile, so don't expect the price to move much in either direction.

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