Axiom Engraver
Creature — Phyrexian Wizard
This creature enters with two oil counters on it.
, Remove an oil counter from this creature, Discard a card: Draw a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #20093
Axiom Engraver lets you loot on command and exile instants or sorceries from your graveyard to cast later, stapling two forms of card advantage onto one body. The cost is a three-mana 2/3 with no immediate impact — it pays off only if it survives long enough to use.
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 |
In Commander, Axiom Engraver slots cleanly into spellslinger decks that want both graveyard recursion and a way to filter draws, and three mana for a 2/3 is acceptable when the text box does real work. Outside Commander, the competition is brutal — Pauper and Modern have cheaper, more efficient looters and graveyard enablers that don't ask you to keep a creature alive. Legacy and Vintage have no interest. Axiom Engraver is a Commander card wearing a multi-format legal badge.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Axiom Engraver is deep bulk — pick it up for near nothing and don't think twice about the price. Bulk rares with niche Commander appeal rarely climb unless a broken enabler pushes them, so treat it as a cheap role-player, not a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.