Paradox Shaper // Omit Variables

Paradox Shaper // Omit Variables

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{1}{U/B} // {U/B} · Creature — Octopus Wizard // Sorcery
Uncommon · Reality Fracture · Art by Mark Zug
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this creature isn't prepared, it becomes prepared. {2}: Put target card from your graveyard on the bottom of your library.
Omit Variables{U/B}
Sorcery
Mill three cards. (Put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)
Predicted power
Standard 34 Eng.D-Usr.

Omit Variables is cheap self-mill, but neither face provides cards or immediate board impact; no established Standard graveyard home is supplied.

Band fringeConfidence 35%

Could be wrong if Prepared rules and unrevealed graveyard payoffs could make the two faces substantially more useful than their standalone text suggests.

Pioneer 39 Eng.DUsr.

One-mana mill three is a plausible Greasefang enabler, but it lacks selection and the 1/3 recycling body is a weak fallback.

Best home Greasefang ParhelionBand fringeConfidence 48%

Could be wrong if Existing self-mill options may be materially more reliable; Prepared's missing rules could also change access to Omit Variables.

Modern 33 Eng.D-Usr.

Instant Reanimator can test a one-mana mill-three spell, but sorcery-speed random milling and a low-impact creature face are inefficient here.

Best home Instant ReanimatorBand fringeConfidence 50%

Could be wrong if The deck may value cheap redundancy more than expected, while superior discard or self-mill effects could leave no room.

Legacy 23 Eng.FUsr.

Five-Color Reanimator could technically use self-mill, but Legacy's efficient cantrips and graveyard enablers make random sorcery-speed mill three unattractive.

Best home Five-Color ReanimatorBand speculativeConfidence 58%

Could be wrong if Prepared may provide additional access or utility not specified in the supplied rules text.

Pauper Eng.NLUsr.
Commander 33 Eng.D-Usr.

Singleton graveyard decks can use cheap milling and occasional graveyard recycling, but neither effect is card advantage or broadly efficient.

Best home Self-mill graveyard decksBand fringeConfidence 46%

Could be wrong if Prepared's unspecified rules and future graveyard commanders/payoffs could improve its utility.

Limited 47 Eng.C-Usr.

A two-mana 1/3 is a serviceable defensive body, with mill three offering some synergy upside; the recycling ability is usually minor.

Best home Graveyard-synergy decksBand playableConfidence 24%

Could be wrong if Draft speed, Prepared functionality, and the density of graveyard payoffs are unknown.

Self-mill graveyard utility

“A cheap self-mill option with a low-impact creature fallback, likely needing dedicated graveyard payoffs to earn competitive slots.”

Rated on limited context — few cards from this set are revealed yet.

AI prediction made before release — not a measured result. Real performance data replaces this once the set is legal and tournament results come in.

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