Artificer's Epiphany
Instant
Draw two cards. If you control no artifacts, discard a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Elves vs. Inventors
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #13819
Artificer's Epiphany draws two cards for three mana — but only if you control no artifacts or are willing to discard one, which makes it a conditional Divination at best. Run it only in dedicated artifact decks where the non-artifact clause never triggers.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Artificer's Epiphany sees essentially no competitive play in any format. In Commander, three-mana draw-two is already the floor for consideration, and the artifact-or-discard clause means you're either building around it or accepting a tax. In Pauper, the common card pool has cleaner options at the same cost. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have no reason to touch it when Preordain and Consider exist.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Artificer's Epiphany is firmly bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. The price is stable because demand is low across every format, and nothing about its design suggests that changes.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.