Corruption of Towashi
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters, incubate 4. (Create an Incubator token with four +1/+1 counters on it and "
: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)
Whenever a permanent you control transforms or a permanent you control enters transformed, you may draw a card. Do this only once each turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #18410
Corruption of Towashi puts a 3/3 Phyrexian artifact creature token onto the battlefield and proliferates every time an artifact token enters under your control — that engine is the whole reason to run it. The five-mana cost is real, but in Tetzin, Gnome Champion decks that are already flooding the board with Gold and Treasure tokens, the trigger fires constantly without any extra investment.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tetzin, Gnome Champion
Tetzin, Gnome Champion generates artifact tokens on damage triggers and cares deeply about stacking counters, so Corruption of Towashi's repeated proliferate turns every incidental Gold token into a loyalty or counter payment — the two cards are doing exactly the same thing and reward you for playing either.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Corruption of Towashi is a Commander card through and through — the proliferate payoff compounds over multiple turns in a multiplayer game in ways that a 60-card format simply doesn't support. In Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy it's too slow and too narrow; artifact token synergies in those formats already have tighter, cheaper engines that close games before Corruption of Towashi's value accrues. Commander is where the card earns its slot, specifically in artifact-token builds where proliferate on a body advances multiple axes at once — planeswalker loyalty, charge counters, and +1/+1 counters — without requiring a dedicated slot for each.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Corruption of Towashi sits firmly in bulk territory, which makes it a zero-friction pickup for any artifact token deck that wants the effect. Bulk rares with narrow homes rarely move up in price, so treat it as a cheap role-player and nothing more.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Tetzin, Gnome Champion
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.