Delif's Cube
Artifact
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: This turn, when target creature you control attacks and isn't blocked, it assigns no combat damage this turn and you put a cube counter on this artifact., Remove a cube counter from this artifact: Regenerate target creature.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Fallen Empires
- Price
- $0.57
- EDHREC rank
- #27085
Delif's Cube lets you pay 1 and tap to give a creature you control banding until end of turn — a mechanic so marginal that the activation cost alone prices it out of consideration. Outside of dedicated banding tribal curiosity builds, there is no competitive reason to run it.
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 |
Delif's Cube is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth of legality is academic — banding is one of the least impactful mechanics ever printed, and no competitive shell in any of those formats wants it. In Commander, where redundancy and table politics already dilute the value of narrow pieces, Delif's Cube occupies a slot that almost any other artifact would fill more usefully. Legacy and Vintage have zero interest; the card doesn't interact with broken mechanics, doesn't accelerate your mana, and doesn't protect anything that those formats care about.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.57 bulk tier
At $0.57, Delif's Cube sits in bulk territory, which accurately reflects its play rate. Demand is low enough that the price is unlikely to move unless banding receives an unexpected mechanical reprint or rules update — neither of which is on the horizon.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.