Wretched Confluence
Instant
Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• Target player draws a card and loses 1 life.
• Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
• Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander Anthology
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #12096
Wretched Confluence puts three effects on the stack for five mana — drain opponents, draw cards, or rebuy a creature, mixed and matched in any combination — and the floor is still two life lost and a card drawn. The cost is real: five mana at instant speed means this lives or dies by how well your deck values modal flexibility, and Toshiro Umezawa decks value it enormously.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Toshiro Umezawa
Toshiro Umezawa triggers off creatures dying, letting you flash back instants from the graveyard — and Wretched Confluence, once cast, becomes a recurring engine that draws cards, drains life, and returns creatures all from the bin.
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 Wretched Confluence earns its slot: three opponents means the drain mode threatens real life totals, the draw mode refills at instant speed, and the recursion mode rebricks your best creature without spending a card. Legacy and Vintage have access to it in theory, but five-mana sorcery-speed-adjacent spells don't compete with the raw efficiency those formats demand. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home for the same reasons as Commander, though the smaller life totals compress how much the drain mode matters.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Wretched Confluence is firmly bulk — no reason to hesitate on picking up a copy or two. Bulk mythics with narrow homes tend to stay flat, so don't expect movement, but the price is already low enough that it's a free inclusion decision.
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Mentioned
- Toshiro Umezawa
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.