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Component Pouch

Artifact

{T}, Remove a component counter from this artifact: Add two mana of different colors.
{T}: Roll a d20.
1—9 | Put a component counter on this artifact.
10—20 | Put two component counters on this artifact.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{3}
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Forgotten Realms Commander
Price
$4.81
EDHREC rank
#4580
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Component Pouch card art
Component Pouch taps for three mana of any color combination — the most flexible single-card burst of colored mana available to artifact-heavy Commander decks. The setup cost is real: three mana to cast, then a tap, so the payoff lands on turn four at earliest, but the Filigree Sages interaction and the near-universal inclusion in Wyll, Blade of Frontiers // Sword Coast Sailor lists confirm this is a staple, not a novelty.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Wyll, Blade of FrontiersSword Coast Sailor

Wyll, Blade of Frontiers // Sword Coast Sailor

87.2% of decks · synergy 0.86

Component Pouch shows up in 87% of Wyll, Blade of Frontiers // Sword Coast Sailor decks because the dice-rolling engine demands flexible colored mana on demand, and three colors at once from a single artifact tap directly fuels the triggers that flip Wyll's adventure side.

02
Mr. House, President and CEO

Mr. House, President and CEO

80.0% of decks · synergy 0.75

Mr. House, President and CEO wants to roll dice as many times per turn as possible, and Component Pouch converts one tap into three dice-rolling activations' worth of fuel — it's core infrastructure in an 80% inclusion-rate deck that treats every mana-into-dice conversion as a win condition.

03
Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients

Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients

70.4% of decks · synergy 0.69

Component Pouch appears in 70% of Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients lists because the dragon's triggered damage requires activating spells and effects across multiple colors, and three mana from one artifact smooths out the Gruul pips while enabling back-to-back activations in the same turn.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Component Pouch is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — and Commander is the only context where it's genuinely competitive. In Legacy and Vintage, the artifact ramp landscape is too efficient; Mana Crypt, Mox Opal, and Grim Monolith exist, and a three-mana artifact that taps for three is far too slow. Oathbreaker is the closest adjacent format where Component Pouch might see fringe play in planeswalkers that care about dice rolls or artifact synergies, but the card's real home is Commander, specifically dice-rolling and artifact-combo strategies where flexible colored mana at scale matters more than raw speed.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$4.81 cheap tier

At $4.81, Component Pouch sits in the cheap tier but at the upper edge — this is a narrow-role card that commands a small premium because dice-rolling commanders like Wyll and Mr. House include it at overwhelming rates. It holds that price as long as those commanders remain popular, but don't expect it to climb; it's a role-player, not a staple with cross-archetype demand.

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