Darkwater Egg
Artifact
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- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #21269
Darkwater Egg is a one-mana artifact that cracks for one blue or black mana and replaces itself with a card draw — the whole package costs two mana spread across two turns. It's strictly a budget fixer, and in most Commander lists a two-mana rock that produces colored mana does the same job faster.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Darkwater Egg is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive relevance is essentially zero outside Commander. In Legacy and Vintage, one-mana do-nothing artifacts that take a second activation to produce value don't make cuts. In Commander, Darkwater Egg occupies the budget end of the color-fixing spectrum — it's worth considering in blue-black decks that are scraping for affordable mana smoothing, but it loses ground quickly once you're willing to spend a dollar or two on faster alternatives.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Darkwater Egg is deep bulk — you're paying for a functional card, not a scarce one. The price is stable because demand is low and supply is high; don't expect it to move in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.