Candles of Leng
Artifact
, 
: Reveal the top card of your library. If it has the same name as a card in your graveyard, put it into your graveyard. Otherwise, draw a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #27337
Candles of Leng lets you draw a card and then put it back on top if an opponent calls your hand correctly — a repeatable filter that turns surplus lands and dead cards into live ones. The two-mana activation cost is steep for that effect, and the opponent-guessing mechanic means you rarely get a clean draw; it's a niche role-player, not a staple.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Candles of Leng is a fringe inclusion — legal but rarely correct, because two mana per activation competes with far stronger repeatable draw engines in blue. Legacy and Vintage have the raw power level to make even marginal artifacts theoretically interesting, but Candles of Leng has never found a home there; the effect is too slow and too easy for opponents to neutralize by simply guessing right. Modern is similarly legal but similarly uninterested — the format moves faster than a two-mana filter can keep up with. It's playable in Oathbreaker, where smaller life totals and tighter card counts make any repeatable effect worth a second look, but even there it's not a priority slot.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Candles of Leng is deep bulk — you're not buying it for value, you're buying it because the effect fits a specific deck and the cost is negligible. Bulk artifacts with narrow applications don't appreciate meaningfully, so there's no reason to speculate; pick it up if you want it and ignore it otherwise.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.