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Wheel of Fortune

Sorcery

Each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Revised Edition
Price
$357.09
EDHREC rank
#557
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Wheel of Fortune card art
Wheel of Fortune refills every hand at the table for three mana — the cheapest symmetrical seven you can cast in red. The price tag is steep and the symmetry is real, but in engines like Underworld Breach or the Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept storm shell, you're winning the exchange before opponents can spend their new cards.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy banned
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage restricted
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Wheel of Fortune is banned in Legacy and restricted to a single copy in Vintage — both verdicts trace to the same two problems: it replaces itself and six other cards for three mana, and it does so at instant-adjacent speed in formats where graveyards and combo density make that card volume lethal. Commander gives it a pass because the four-player table dilutes the advantage; you're handing seven cards to three opponents, not one, and the political cost of reloading everyone's grip often outweighs the tempo gain. The format also runs at a slower average speed, so the one-turn window opponents get with fresh cards is less reliably punishing than it would be in a one-on-one sixty-card game.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Rograkh, Son of RohgahhSilas Renn, Seeker Adept

Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept

84.5% of decks · synergy 0.75

The Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept storm-combo build wants Wheel of Fortune as a ritual surrogate — casting it mid-chain dumps artifacts into the graveyard and refuels the hand in the same turn you're going for the win.

02
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed NavigatorVial Smasher the Fierce

Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator // Vial Smasher the Fierce

52.2% of decks · synergy 0.43

Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator // Vial Smasher the Fierce leans on Wheel of Fortune to spike Vial Smasher's trigger for seven damage the moment the new cards resolve, while Malcolm's pirate synergies give the deck enough redundancy to win the refill race.

03

Ral, Monsoon Mage

43.1% of decks · synergy 0.36

Ral, Monsoon Mage triggers on every instant and sorcery cast, so Wheel of Fortune isn't just card advantage — it's a free lightning bolt stapled to a refill, and any wheels cast off the new hand chain the triggers further.

04

Etali, Primal Conqueror

32.5% of decks · synergy 0.29

Etali, Primal Conqueror decks use Wheel of Fortune as a pure refuel after dumping a hand of ramp and acceleration — getting back to seven cards keeps the threat density high enough to close before the extra cards opponents drew matter.

05
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

30.2% of decks · synergy 0.24

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin punishes opponents for gaining life in increments of exactly one, and Wheel of Fortune drawing seven cards is a clean trigger — each opponent drawing off the wheel can chain into Ob Nixilis damage if any life gain lands on an odd number.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Windfall is the closest functional replacement for Wheel of Fortune — it's under $1, hits the table at the same speed, and the discard-then-draw pattern is nearly identical in practice when you're empty-handed. The gap is that Windfall scales with hand sizes, so it can whiff or underperform Wheel's guaranteed seven if someone is still holding cards; for most Commander tables at most points in the game, that difference is marginal enough that Windfall earns the slot without apology.

Price Context

Current price

$357.09 premium tier

At $357.09, Wheel of Fortune sits firmly in the premium tier — one of the more expensive legal cards in Commander. It holds value because it's on the Reserved List and sees genuine competitive play, so demand stays consistent, but at this price it's a luxury inclusion even in optimized builds where cheaper wheels cover most of the same ground.

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