Ashnod's Cylix
Artifact
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: Target player looks at the top three cards of their library, puts one of them back on top of their library, then exiles the rest.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Alliances
- Price
- $3.54
- EDHREC rank
- #25833
Ashnod's Cylix forces a target player to look at the top three cards of their library and put one on the bottom — a repeatable, colorless way to deny opponents their best draws. The cost is real: one mana plus tapping means you're spending resources to slow someone else rather than advancing your own board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Ashnod's Cylix earns its slot, specifically in decks built around library manipulation — milling, topdeck control, or soft-locking opponents out of key draws. In Legacy and Vintage it's essentially unplayed; those formats move too fast for a tap-down effect that doesn't impact the board or generate card advantage. Oathbreaker shares Commander's multiplayer structure, so the same topdeck-denial shells can use it there, though the smaller deck size makes the effect marginally more punishing per activation.
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Price Context
Current price
$3.54 cheap tier
At $3.54, Ashnod's Cylix sits at the low end of casual utility pricing — cheap enough that budget isn't a barrier. It's a niche card with a narrow audience, so the price is unlikely to spike unless a breakout Commander deck pushes demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.