Elementalist's Palette
Artifact
Whenever you cast a spell with 
in its mana cost, put two charge counters on this artifact.
: Add one mana of any color.: Add 
for each charge counter on this artifact. Spend this mana only on costs that contain .
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2021
- Price
- $3.88
- EDHREC rank
- #4248
Elementalist's Palette enters with a charge counter for each color among permanents you control, then taps to add one mana of any color for each counter on it — that's a mana rock that scales with your board rather than sitting flat at two. The three-mana cost is the only real friction, and in any X-spell shell, Zimone, Infinite Analyst included, that investment pays back fast.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zimone, Infinite Analyst
Zimone, Infinite Analyst casts X-spells repeatedly and draws cards based on their converted mana cost, so Elementalist's Palette functions as both a mana accelerant and a color-fixer that keeps growing as Zimone floods the board with tokens and lands. Nearly 77% of Zimone decks run it, the highest inclusion rate of any commander, and for good reason.
Rosheen, Roaring Prophet
Rosheen, Roaring Prophet generates mana specifically for X costs, and Elementalist's Palette layers on top of that by providing the off-color mana Rosheen can't supply, letting you cast any X-spell in your hand rather than just the ones that fit Rosheen's restriction. About 61% of Rosheen decks include it.
Zaxara, the Exemplary
Zaxara, the Exemplary makes a Hydra token every time you cast an X-spell, so dumping more mana into those spells is the entire game plan — Elementalist's Palette charges up quickly in a multicolor shell and feeds directly back into that loop. Over 18,000 Zaxara decks run it, making it one of the highest raw-volume homes for the card.
Magus Lucea Kane
Magus Lucea Kane copies X-spells and creatures with X in their cost, which means every mana Elementalist's Palette produces is effectively doubled on the spells that matter most. Around 43% of Magus Lucea Kane decks include it as a reliable color-fixing accelerant.
Primo, the Unbounded
Primo, the Unbounded cares about putting counters on things and casting spells with large mana investments, so Elementalist's Palette does double duty as a counter-bearing permanent and a mana engine that ramps into Primo's high-cost payoffs. Nearly 39% of Primo decks 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 |
Elementalist's Palette is a Commander card through and through — the payoff requires a wide, multicolor board to generate meaningful mana, and that condition shows up reliably only in the 100-card singleton format where games go long and permanents accumulate. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, three mana for a conditional mana rock competes against zero- and one-mana accelerants that don't need any setup, so it sees no meaningful play there. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where Elementalist's Palette could slot in naturally, since the format's planeswalker-centric boards often feature multicolor permanents. Stick to Commander as the intended home.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.88 cheap tier
At $3.88, Elementalist's Palette sits in the cheap tier and punches well above that price point for what it does in the right shell. Demand from high-volume commanders like Zaxara, the Exemplary keeps a floor under it, so this isn't a card that's likely to crater into bulk.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.