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Chrome Mox

Artifact

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile a nonartifact, nonland card from your hand.
{T}: Add one mana of any of the exiled card's colors.

CMC
0
Mana cost
{0}
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
World Championship Decks 2004
Price
$38.47
EDHREC rank
#143
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Chrome Mox card art
Chrome Mox turns a card in hand into a mana rock that hits the table on turn one — the card disadvantage is real, but in high-powered Commander shells that plan to win before the lost card matters, it's a clean trade. Decks like Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept treat it as a ritual with legs, and anything that needs its commander in play by turn two will take that deal without blinking.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern banned
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Chrome Mox is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Oathbreaker, and Commander — and banned in Modern, which is the clearest signal of its ceiling. Modern banned it because a free mana source with near-zero setup cost is simply too fast for a format built around four-turn kill windows. Commander gives it a pass for the same reason the format tolerates other card-disadvantage rocks: a 100-card singleton deck with a built-in commander as a threat source can absorb the cost of imprinting a nonbasic land or a redundant spell, and the political and multiplayer dynamics mean the game routinely goes long enough to smooth over the tempo dip.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Rograkh, Son of RohgahhSilas Renn, Seeker Adept

Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept

91.3% of decks · synergy 0.82

Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept is a zero-cost commander, meaning the deck's entire gameplan hinges on generating mana faster than it pays for cards — Chrome Mox is one of the best one-drops in that equation. The 91% inclusion rate reflects a near-consensus that you simply don't cut it.

02
Dargo, the ShipwreckerTymna the Weaver

Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver

86.7% of decks · synergy 0.82

Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver needs artifacts sacrificed to reduce Dargo's cost, and Chrome Mox fills that role while also accelerating into Tymna on curve. It's doing double duty: ramp and sacrifice fodder in one card.

03
Thrasios, Triton HeroYoshimaru, Ever Faithful

Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

79.2% of decks · synergy 0.75

Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful wants to sink mana into Thrasios's activated ability as early and as often as possible — Chrome Mox helps you reach four mana on turn two or three without relying on green ramp alone. The 79% inclusion rate reflects how central raw acceleration is to this pair.

04
Tevesh Szat, Doom of FoolsThrasios, Triton Hero

Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools // Thrasios, Triton Hero

76.2% of decks · synergy 0.70

Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools // Thrasios, Triton Hero is a high-power Sultai shell that wants to combine fast mana with card advantage engines, and Chrome Mox slots into that framework as a day-one accelerant. Getting both commanders on the table a turn early is often the difference between pressuring opponents and playing catch-up.

05
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed NavigatorVial Smasher the Fierce

Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator // Vial Smasher the Fierce

70.4% of decks · synergy 0.62

Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator // Vial Smasher the Fierce rewards casting spells with converted mana cost variance, and Chrome Mox lets you lead with a relevant spell on turn one before Vial Smasher even enters the picture. Speed is the currency of this archetype, and Chrome Mox spends well.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Nothing replicates Chrome Mox exactly — a free, repeatable colored mana source that enters on turn one is a short list. Simian Spirit Guide comes closest in the zero-cost spirit, trading the artifact type and repeated use for a single burst of red mana, which works in mono-red or storm-adjacent shells but falls flat everywhere else. If the goal is just an early artifact that taps for colored mana, Springleaf Drum and Pentad Prism cover narrow cases; otherwise, the honest answer is that Chrome Mox's role in cEDH is difficult to proxy with a cheap substitute without rebuilding the deck's speed expectations.

Price Context

Current price

$38.47 premium tier

At $38.47, Chrome Mox sits in the premium tier — expensive enough to feel like a purchase decision, cheap enough that it doesn't anchor a deck's entire budget the way a Mox Diamond or Mana Crypt does. Demand is stable because cEDH adoption isn't shrinking, and Chrome Mox is too format-specific (banned in Modern, irrelevant in most casual pods) for its price to be driven by anything other than high-power Commander and Legacy play.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.