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Peer into the Abyss

M21 · rare · Released 2020-07-03

Tiers

fringe

Commander Bracket

Not yet bracketed (or genuinely unplaceable).

Archetypes

positive:
millcombo
negative:
aggrotempovoltron

Roles

mill-payoffcombo-piece

Risks

slow-setupsorcery-speed-onlyhigh-mana-costrandom-element

Mechanics

Typal

synergy:

anti:

Structural

Rationale

7cmc black sorcery: target player draws half their library (rounded up) and loses half life (rounded up). Signature in mill-combo shells as a high-variance mill payoff and potential instant-win machine if opponent's library is drawn entirely; requires extensive setup and tutoring. Anti-tempo/aggro due to sorcery-speed and prohibitive cost. Risk: random-element (outcome varies wildly by opponent's library size); slow-setup (7 mana is expensive for most formats).

Popularity

  • EDHREC rank: #1,248

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