Elaborate Firecannon
Artifact
This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
, 
: This artifact deals 2 damage to any target.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may discard a card. If you do, untap this artifact.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ixalan
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #28078
Elaborate Firecannon deals 4 damage to any target for three mana — but only if you discard a card first, making it a two-resource sink on top of a three-mana artifact that does nothing the turn it enters. The cost-to-impact ratio is too steep for Commander, where four damage rarely closes a game and card advantage is everything.
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 |
Elaborate Firecannon is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, four damage to a single target is rarely worth one card plus three mana on an artifact that telegraphs itself a full turn early — the discard makes it even worse in a format where card advantage is the primary resource. Constructed formats like Modern and Legacy have access to far more efficient burn, and Elaborate Firecannon doesn't come close to the rate needed to compete. It's a bulk card in every format it touches.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Elaborate Firecannon sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying for cardboard, not functionality. Don't expect that to change; the card sees essentially no competitive play and has no breakout Commander home that would drive demand.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.