Isochron Scepter
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less from your hand.
2, T: You may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
Combos with Isochron Scepter
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Narset's Reversal Infinite
- Infinite turns
- Lock
- Paradox Engine Infinite
- Infinite copies of cards exiled with Isochron Scepter
- Infinite magecraft triggers
- Infinite mana nonland permanents you control can produce
- Infinite storm count
- Infinite untap of nonland permanents you control
- Dramatic Reversal Infinite
- Infinite magecraft triggers
- Infinite mana nonland permanents you control can produce
- Infinite storm count
- Infinite untap of nonland permanents you control
- Final Fortune Sundial of the Infinite Infinite
- Infinite turns
- Lock
- Final Fortune Platinum Angel Infinite
- Infinite turns
- Lock
- Final Fortune Obeka, Brute Chronologist Infinite
- Infinite turns
- Lock
- Second Chance Reap Infinite
- Infinite turns
- Lock
- Nexus of Fate Mystical Tutor Infinite
- Infinite turns
- Skip your draw steps
- Lock
Showing the 8 shortest and most explosive. This card appears in more than these. Follow any of them through to Commander Spellbook to browse the rest.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
5 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2020-08-07
You cast the copy while the ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn.
- 2020-08-07
If you don't want to cast the copy, you can choose not to; the copy ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked.
- 2020-08-07
If a spell has X in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- 2020-08-07
If Isochron Scepter leaves the battlefield while the activated ability is on the stack, the ability can still make a copy. On the other hand, if the imprinted card leaves the exile zone while the activated ability is on the stack, the copy can't be made.
- 2020-08-07
If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Isochron Scepter, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clara Oswald | 1 | 7 | 14.3% |
| The Twelfth Doctor | 1 | 7 | 14.3% |
| Deadpool, Trading Card | 1 | 0 | — |
| Helga, Skittish Seer | 1 | 0 | — |
| Omnath, Locus of Mana | 1 | 0 | — |
| Urza, Lord High Artificer | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Rakdos 1 deck
- Mono-Green 1 deck
- Mono-Blue 1 deck
- Izzet 1 deck
- Bant 1 deck
Isochron Scepter price history
The Double Masters #264 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | $13.41 | $18.21 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $13.41 | $18.21 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $13.32 | $18.21 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $13.23 | $18.21 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $13.27 | $18.21 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $12.72 | $18.21 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $12.65 | $18.21 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $12.46 | $18.21 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $12.51 | $18.42 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $11.65 | $18.42 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $12.07 | $18.53 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $12.37 | $18.53 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $12.31 | $18.53 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $12.26 | $18.53 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $12.31 | $18.82 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $12.32 | $18.82 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $12.71 | $18.82 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $12.62 | $19.00 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $12.84 | $19.00 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $12.88 | $19.00 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $12.88 | $18.96 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $13.10 | $18.95 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Isochron Scepter
10 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Inverted
Secret Lair Countdown
- Foil
- $27.96
Inverted
Secret Lair Countdown
- Normal
- $8.63
- Foil
- $9.49
- Normal
- $8.75
- Normal
- $14.90
- Normal
- $13.41
- Foil
- $18.21
- Normal
- $15.17
- Foil
- $28.29
Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari
- Normal
- $12.46
From the Vault: Relics
- Foil
- $29.31
Promo
Friday Night Magic 2008
- Foil
- $64.60
- Normal
- $15.41
- Foil
- $53.33
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Isochron Scepter. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
