Is Void Rend good in Commander?

Void Rend in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Void Rend destroys any nonland permanent with no exceptions — no regeneration, no indestructible, no "can't be countered" clause can save the target. Three mana in Esper colors is the honest price, and Y'shtola, Night's Blessed decks pay it without complaint.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

72.9% of decks · synergy 0.38

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed recurs instants from the graveyard, so Void Rend isn't a one-shot answer — it's a repeatable unconditional removal spell that comes back whenever Y'shtola does.

02

G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn

59.0% of decks · synergy 0.24

G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn cares about casting historic spells, and Void Rend checks that box while doubling as the cleanest answer to any permanent that's slipping past conventional removal.

03

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

53.8% of decks · synergy 0.19

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign flips cards off the top for free when it connects, and Void Rend's odd converted mana cost of three means it can land without spending a single mana when Yennett triggers.

04

The Celestial Toymaker operates in Esper colors and wants high-quality interactive spells to survive long enough for its game pieces to close out — Void Rend fits that role without any color-identity strain.

05

Soundwave, Sonic Spy

47.3% of decks · synergy 0.13

Soundwave, Sonic Spy copies spells cast by opponents, and running Void Rend ensures that when a threat needs to die unconditionally, the answer is already on hand regardless of what the table is doing.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	legal
pioneer	legal
standard	not legal
vintage	legal
pauper	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Commander is where Void Rend earns its slot — permanents in the format range from indestructible gods to hexproof enchantments to planeswalkers that dodge creature-targeted removal, and Void Rend answers all of them for three mana at instant speed. In Modern and Pioneer, unconditional three-mana removal competes against cheaper, more specialized options, so Void Rend rarely makes the cut in those formats' tighter threat-answer math. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a three-mana reactive spell to matter consistently. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander closely enough that the same logic applies — if your colors are right, Void Rend is a reliable catch-all.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.21 cheap tier

At $1.21, Void Rend sits in the budget staple tier — cheap enough to slot into any Esper build without a second thought. That price is stable; unconditional removal at instant speed has a floor, and this card's demand across Commander keeps it from dropping further.