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Darksteel Relic

Artifact

Indestructible (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this artifact.)

CMC
0
Mana cost
{0}
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
New Phyrexia
Price
$1.75
EDHREC rank
#8215
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Darksteel Relic card art
Darksteel Relic does nothing on its own — zero mana, zero stats, zero text beyond indestructible — and that's exactly the point. In artifact-matters shells like Emry, Lurker of the Loch or Fblthp, Lost on the Range, a free, permanent, unkillable artifact is a combo piece and a trigger engine, not a blank.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Fblthp, Lost on the Range

Fblthp, Lost on the Range

59.9% of decks · synergy 0.58

Fblthp, Lost on the Range casts spells off the top of your library, and Darksteel Relic is a free artifact that never leaves the battlefield — it guarantees a mana-zero cast whenever Fblthp digs into it, fueling repeated triggers without consuming resources.

02
Meria, Scholar of Antiquity

Meria, Scholar of Antiquity

33.5% of decks · synergy 0.33

Meria, Scholar of Antiquity taps untapped nontoken artifacts to add mana or draw cards, and Darksteel Relic is a zero-cost artifact that survives every board wipe Meria's opponents can throw — reliable, permanent fuel for her tap engine.

03
Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain

Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain

16.3% of decks · synergy 0.16

Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain draws a card whenever you cast a historic spell, and Darksteel Relic is a zero-mana artifact that replaces itself the moment it hits the stack — in a storm-style loop, that's a free card every iteration.

04
Mm'menon, the Right Hand

Mm'menon, the Right Hand

17.1% of decks · synergy 0.15

Mm'menon, the Right Hand cares about artifacts entering or being sacrificed, and Darksteel Relic fills the artifact-count requirement at zero mana — its indestructibility makes it a persistent enabler rather than a one-shot sacrifice fodder piece.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Darksteel Relic sees virtually no play in Legacy, Modern, or Vintage outside of highly specific combo shells — formats where a zero-mana do-nothing needs to pull serious weight to justify a slot. Commander is its home: singleton artifact-matters commanders reward permanent, unkillable artifacts that cost nothing to deploy, and Darksteel Relic is the cleanest example of that archetype. It's legal in Oathbreaker for the same reasons, and the same commanders that want it there want it in Commander.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.75 cheap tier

At $1.75, Darksteel Relic sits in cheap territory for a card with real combo presence — its price reflects casual demand more than scarcity. It's a stable pickup: niche enough that it won't spike randomly, essential enough in its archetypes that copies don't sit unsold.

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