Collector's Cage
Artifact
Hideaway 5 (When this artifact enters, look at the top five cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
, 
: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Then if you control three or more creatures with different powers, you may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- The Big Score
- Price
- $4.36
- EDHREC rank
- #10867
Collector's Cage enters and immediately starts stockpiling counters, then cashes them in to cheat a permanent directly onto the battlefield — the payoff scales with how many artifacts or creatures you play each turn. The setup cost is real, but any deck that floods the board naturally gets the haul-trigger for free.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Collector's Cage is at its best as a value engine in artifact-heavy or creature-dense decks — one free permanent per haul trigger can swing a game, especially when the deck is already doing what it wants. In Modern and Pioneer, the card has theoretical homes in affinity-adjacent builds or Ensoul Artifact shells, but the payoff requires patience that aggressive formats rarely afford. Legacy is the most skeptical audience: the card competes with faster free-spell engines and rarely makes the cut outside of dedicated artifact midrange. Standard gives it the most room to breathe, where the density of artifact synergies is lower and a one-card engine that snowballs is harder to ignore.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.36 cheap tier
At $4.36, Collector's Cage sits in the cheap tier — accessible enough to slot into a build without budget deliberation. It's a new card with obvious Commander appeal, so the price reflects early demand; whether it holds depends on how many decks actually want a slow-burn haul engine versus faster payoffs.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.