Celestial Prism
Artifact
, 
: Add one mana of any color.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Unlimited Edition
- Price
- $1.28
- EDHREC rank
- #29298
Celestial Prism is a three-mana artifact that taps and pays one to produce any single color of mana — functional mana fixing at the cost of being painfully slow and replaceable. In 2025, this slot does real work through Chromatic Lantern or even Arcane Signet; Celestial Prism belongs in a collection binder, not a deck.
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 |
Celestial Prism is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander, color fixing is abundant and cheap — Celestial Prism's four-mana activation cost to produce one colored mana is a steep ask when Fellwar Stone and similar two-mana rocks exist. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it; those formats run on efficiency that a three-mana do-almost-nothing artifact cannot approach. Oathbreaker shares Commander's card pool and Commander's verdict applies there too.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.28 cheap tier
At $1.28, Celestial Prism sits in the cheap tier — but cheap doesn't mean good value when strictly better fixing costs the same or less. The price reflects collector and casual novelty more than competitive demand, and it's unlikely to climb without a niche revival.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.