Overlooked $2 Reality Fracture Rares Are Incredible Commander Staples

By reimagining powerful, popular MTG designs, Reality Fracture was built to be a hit from the start. With many popular Commander cards reimagined, often upgraded from the original, this set offers plenty of options for EDH players.

As the set has aged, the abundance of strong Commander cards has become a blessing in more than one way. Because this set has so much Commander support, many cards have been overlooked and are incredibly cheap. With prices likely to inflate once Reality Fracture goes out of print, picking these budget options up now may be in your best interest.

MTG Gardenize

Price: $1.05

Offering a 3-mana alternative to Black Market Black Market Whenever a creature dies, put a charge counter on this enchantment.
At the beginning of your first main phase, add {B} for each charge counter on this enchantment. , Gardenize Gardenize Whenever a creature you control dies, put a charge counter on this enchantment.
At the beginning of your first main phase, add {G} for each charge counter on this enchantment. comes into play much earlier, but it only sees your creatures that die. Still, for Aristocrat decks like Dina, Essence Brewer Dina, Essence Brewer Whenever you sacrifice a creature, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: You gain X life and put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control, where X is the sacrificed creature's power. , and Meren of Clan Nel Toth Meren of Clan Nel Toth Whenever another creature you control dies, you get an experience counter.
At the beginning of your end step, choose target creature card in your graveyard. If that card's mana value is less than or equal to the number of experience counters you have, return it to the battlefield. Otherwise, put it into your hand. , Gardenize can rack up counters quickly and generate tons of mana each turn. From here, dropping a game-ending Craterhoof Behemoth Craterhoof Behemoth Haste
When this creature enters, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control. or Finale of Devastation Finale of Devastation Search your library and/or graveyard for a creature card with mana value X or less and put it onto the battlefield. If you search your library this way, shuffle. If X is 10 or more, creatures you control get +X/+X and gain haste until end of turn. is trivial.

If that weren’t enough, Gardenize can even set up delayed infinite-mana combos with common Aristocrats loops. For example, with Gravecrawler Gravecrawler This creature can't block.
You may cast this card from your graveyard as long as you control a Zombie. , Phyrexian Altar Phyrexian Altar Sacrifice a creature: Add one mana of any color. , and another Zombie, you can put infinite counters on Gardenize, generating all the green mana you could ever want on your next turn.

For reference, Black Market, the card that Gardenize is based on, is currently available for around $7 at the cheapest, highlighting this card’s potential. As Reality Fracture ages, this enchantment is likely to get more expensive once players realize how good it is.

MTG Simulacrum Shaper

Price: $1.95

Similar to Gardenize, Simulacrum Shaper Simulacrum Shaper When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
When this creature dies, draw a card. is a retrain of the Commander-famous Solemn Simulacrum Solemn Simulacrum When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
When this creature dies, you may draw a card. , who is frankly a bit weak nowadays for MTG Commander. You do need to be in green to use Shaper, but the cost reduction from four to three is a big deal, letting Shaper hit the battlefield on the same turn as cards like Cultivate Cultivate Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle. . You also get way stronger creature types compared to the sad robot, opening up Typal synergies with Commanders like Lathril, Blade of the Elves Lathril, Blade of the Elves Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever Lathril deals combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature tokens.
{T}, Tap ten untapped Elves you control: Each opponent loses 10 life and you gain 10 life. , and Maralen, Fae Ascendant Maralen, Fae Ascendant Flying
Whenever Maralen or another Elf or Faerie you control enters, exile the top two cards of target opponent's library.
Once each turn, you may cast a spell with mana value less than or equal to the number of Elves and Faeries you control from among cards exiled with Maralen this turn without paying its mana cost. .

In many Commander decks, Simulacrum Shaper will perform far better than a typical 3-mana ramp spell like Kodama’s Reach Kodama’s Reach Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle. . Blink decks like Roon of the Hidden Realm Roon of the Hidden Realm Vigilance, trample
{2}, {T}: Exile another target creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. , for example, can recur Simulacrum Shaper’s enters ability, getting multiple lands from the Elf. Alternatively, Aristocrat decks can use Shaper’s body to trigger its synergistic pieces while drawing a card.

Even without synergies, for decks that are slow to get on the board, Simulacrum Shaper’s ability to block down early attackers can make it a stronger asset than other three-mana ramp pieces. With that in mind, the creature’s current $1.95 price tag seems cheap.

MTG Kindred Judgment

Price: $1.61

As a white variant of Kindred Dominance Kindred Dominance Choose a creature type. Destroy all creatures that aren't of the chosen type. , Kindred Judgment Kindred Judgment Choose a creature type. Destroy all creatures that aren't of the chosen type. is bafflingly cheap. After all, this one-sided board wipe is basically an auto-include in every white Typal Commander deck, suggesting that tens of thousands of decks could easily use this as an upgrade. This also goes for a ton of recent MTG Commander precons, like Avengers Assemble, Dance of the Elements, and Lorehold Spirit.

If you have any of these precons sleeved up, picking up Kindred Judgment for just a dollar feels like a steal. For reference, despite having a ton of reprints lately, Kindred Dominance currently goes for $4 at the cheapest, suggesting that Kindred Judgment won’t stay cheap forever.

MTG Liliana, The Repentant

Price: $0.79

For Commander decks that care about the graveyard, like Muldrotha, the Gravetide Muldrotha, the Gravetide During each of your turns, you may play a land and cast a permanent spell of each permanent type from your graveyard. (If a card has multiple permanent types, choose one as you play it.) , or the Sultai Arisen Precon, adding Liliana, the Repentant Liliana, the Repentant Whenever another creature or planeswalker you control enters, mill two cards.
Exhaust — {5}{B}: Return target creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a +1/+1 counter on Liliana. Activate only as a sorcery. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.) for a measly $0.80 is a no-brainer.

Milling cards whenever a creature or Planeswalker enters, Liliana can put a ridiculous number of cards into your graveyard with Teval, the Balanced Scale Teval, the Balanced Scale Flying
Whenever Teval attacks, mill three cards. Then you may return a land card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, create a 2/2 black Zombie Druid creature token. or Sidisi, Brood Tyrant Sidisi, Brood Tyrant Whenever Sidisi enters or attacks, mill three cards.
Whenever one or more creature cards are put into your graveyard from your library, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. in the command zone. With Sidisi, depending on what you mill, Liliana can even mill through your entire library, creating a Zombie army.

If that weren’t enough, Liliana’s Exhaust ability lets you reanimate a key creature to your strategy. This allows Liliana to pull combo-centric creatures like Thassa’s Oracle Thassa’s Oracle When this creature enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is your devotion to blue. Put up to one of them on top of your library and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. If X is greater than or equal to the number of cards in your library, you win the game. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.) out of the bin, or a massive Lord of Extinction Lord of Extinction Lord of Extinction's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in all graveyards. from the Sultai Arisen precon. This recursion means that milling over core creatures with Liliana is a much lower risk, making this creature even better than other mill tools.

MTG Rise of the Deathbringer

Price: $0.30

A new take on Return of the Wildspeaker Return of the Wildspeaker Choose one —
• Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control.
• Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn. , Rise of the Deathbringer is a boring-looking Reality Fracture rare that has a ton of potential. For any Voltron-esque decks that want to create a massive creature, like Kotis, the Fangkeeper Kotis, the Fangkeeper Indestructible
Whenever Kotis deals combat damage to a player, exile the top X cards of their library, where X is the amount of damage dealt. You may cast any number of spells with mana value X or less from among them without paying their mana costs. or Skullbriar, the Walking Grave Skullbriar, the Walking Grave Haste
Whenever Skullbriar deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Counters remain on Skullbriar as it moves to any zone other than a player's hand or library. , Rise of the Deathbringer can refill your hand with ease. The board-wipe mode is a perfect pair for these Commanders, clearing small chump blockers that would otherwise jump in front of them.

Even if you don’t have much synergy with this card’s first mode, instant-speed board wipes are rare and extremely powerful. For example, clearing an opponent’s wide Token board before slamming a massive threat can be a huge tempo swing. Alternatively, playing this in response to a massive Overrun Overrun Creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain trample until end of turn. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) effect can be absolutely devastating.

While Return of the Wildspeaker is only a $2 card right now, it has seen an absolutely ridiculous number of reprints, which has undeniably kept its price low. If Rise of the Deathbringer sees few reprints in the future, its current $0.30 price tag may be a huge bargain.

MTG Face Yourself

Price: $0.33

Of all the cards on this list, Face Yourself might be the one that doesn’t see a huge price increase in the future, but it remains an insanely powerful Commander card in lower brackets. Even without a Planeswalker in play, copying your scariest opponent’s board can be a game-winning maneuver. Of course, for specific Commander strategies that use cards like Obeka, Brute Chronologist Obeka, Brute Chronologist {T}: The player whose turn it is may end the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities from the stack. The player whose turn it is discards down to their maximum hand size. Damage wears off, and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.) or Sundial of the Infinite Sundial of the Infinite {1}, {T}: End the turn. Activate only during your turn. (Exile all spells and abilities from the stack. Discard down to your maximum hand size. Damage wears off, and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.) , you can ignore Face Yourself’s downside, too.

While this is an obvious auto-include for Superfriends decks, or an upgrade for Reality Fracture’s Multiverse Reforged precon, Face Yourself also has a ton of synergy with Aristocrat decks. Cards like Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER Whenever Sephiroth enters or attacks, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, draw a card.
Whenever another creature dies, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. If this is the fourth time this ability has resolved this turn, transform Sephiroth. or Mayhem Devil Mayhem Devil Whenever a player sacrifices a permanent, this creature deals 1 damage to any target. can trigger this card’s downside a ton, making it even more potent as an offensive tool. For just $0.33, this might be one of the best budget win conditions in all of Commander.

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