Obscuring Haze
Obscuring Haze: Instant, Commander Masters. If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander Masters (CMM)
- Released
- 2023-08-04
- Collector number
- 308
- Artist
- Campbell White
- Commander rank
- 1,502 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Obscuring Haze
Obscuring Haze is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green instant from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 308 in that set, with art by Campbell White. It costs {2}{G} (two generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It is banned in Brawl. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Commander 2020 (2020) to Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $5.58 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures your opponents control.
Whether hunter or hunted, Kathril chooses when it is seen.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $5.58 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Obscuring Haze by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Banned |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Obscuring Haze
Obscuring Haze has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (TLE) #313 | Rare | 2025 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #566 | Rare | 2023 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #701 | Rare | 2023 |
| Commander 2020 (C20) #61 | Rare | 2020 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Obscuring Haze, newest first.
- Once you begin casting this spell, players can’t take any other actions until you’re done casting it. Notably, they can’t try to remove the commander you control to make you pay its cost.
- It doesn’t matter whose commander you control. Any one will do. If you have two commanders, you just need to control one of them.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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