Visions of Duplicity
Sorcery
Exchange control of two target creatures you don't control.
Flashback 
. This spell costs 
less to cast this way, where X is the greatest mana value of a commander you own on the battlefield or in the command zone. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Midnight Hunt Commander
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #16599
Visions of Duplicity swaps control of all creatures on both sides of the table simultaneously — a one-card board flip that can steal a game outright when your opponent has the better board. Two mana for that effect is criminally cheap, and the instant speed makes it a combat trick, a theft engine, and a political weapon all in one.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Visions of Duplicity does its best work — multiplayer tables regularly feature one player ahead on creatures, and a single casting can shift the entire game state in your favor while stranding opponents with your weakest tokens. The political dimension matters too: you can swap in response to an attack, punishing the aggressor with their own army. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but functionally irrelevant, since those formats end before symmetrical board exchanges become interesting. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth noting, where the compressed game state means the swap lands faster and hits harder.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Visions of Duplicity is deep bulk — a quarter-bin pickup that punches well above its price point. Demand is niche enough that it's unlikely to spike, so grab copies whenever you need them without urgency.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.