Is Elixir of Immortality good in Commander?

Elixir of Immortality in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Elixir of Immortality does two things on the same card: it gains you 5 life and shuffles your entire graveyard back into your library for one mana to activate, making it one of the cheapest insurance policies in Commander against mill, self-mill blowouts, and library-exhaustion. Commanders like Magda, Brazen Outlaw that churn through artifacts and Queen Kayla bin-Kroog that dump cards into the graveyard at speed both treat it as a reset button that costs almost nothing to include.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Queen Kayla bin-Kroog

37.4% of decks · synergy 0.37

Queen Kayla bin-Kroog pitches artifacts and creatures straight from hand to graveyard, and Elixir of Immortality recycles that entire pile back into the library so the engine never runs dry.

02

Will, Scion of Peace

26.2% of decks · synergy 0.24

Will, Scion of Peace cares about gaining life, and Elixir of Immortality provides a repeatable 5-life shot while also preventing library exhaustion in decks that draw aggressively.

03

Maralen of the Mornsong

23.7% of decks · synergy 0.22

Maralen of the Mornsong locks opponents out of drawing, which means the game can go long — Elixir of Immortality ensures Maralen's controller never decks themselves while the lock is in place.

04

Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain draws a card for every historic spell cast, burning through the library fast; Elixir of Immortality is the safety valve that shuffles spent resources back in before the deck runs out of gas.

05

Arjun, the Shifting Flame

19.8% of decks · synergy 0.17

Arjun, the Shifting Flame replaces your hand with the top of your library every time you cast a spell, cycling through cards at a rate that can empty the library surprisingly quickly — Elixir of Immortality keeps that loop going indefinitely.

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

Elixir of Immortality sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer — formats where a one-mana artifact that gains 5 life and shuffles your graveyard is simply too slow and too low-impact compared to what those formats demand. In Vintage it is technically legal but irrelevant; the graveyard synergies and combo density there move far faster than a two-mana-to-activate reset can address. Commander is where Elixir of Immortality earns its slot: 100-card singleton means decks run out of library more often, graveyard hate is universal, and a colorless one-drop that answers both threats while buying time fits into virtually any strategy.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

342 decks

Magda, Brazen Outlaw Academy Manufactor Maskwood Nexus Cursed Mirror Sculpting SteelElixir of ImmortalityDwarven ScorcherXorn Clown Car

Infinite card draw; Infinite Clue tokens; Infinite colored mana; Infinite damage to creatures; Infinite death triggers; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite Food tokens; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite Treasure tokens; Put all artifact and creature cards from your library onto the battlefield; Put all artifact cards and a subset of creature cards from your library onto the battleifeld

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316 decks

Magda, Brazen Outlaw Academy Manufactor Maskwood Nexus Cursed Mirror Mirror of the ForebearsElixir of ImmortalityDwarven ScorcherXorn Clown Car

Infinite card draw; Infinite Clue tokens; Infinite colored mana; Infinite damage to creatures; Infinite death triggers; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite Food tokens; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite Treasure tokens; Put all artifact and creature cards from your library onto the battlefield; Put all artifact cards and a subset of creature cards from your library onto the battleifeld

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298 decks

Magda, Brazen Outlaw Academy Manufactor Maskwood Nexus Sculpting Steel Mirror of the ForebearsElixir of ImmortalityDwarven ScorcherXorn Clown Car

Infinite card draw; Infinite Clue tokens; Infinite colored mana; Infinite damage to creatures; Infinite death triggers; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite Food tokens; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite Treasure tokens; Put all artifact and creature cards from your library onto the battlefield; Put all artifact cards and a subset of creature cards from your library onto the battleifeld

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244 decks

Magda, Brazen Outlaw Academy Manufactor Maskwood Nexus Cursed Mirror Mirror of the ForebearsElixir of ImmortalityDwarven ScorcherSculpting Steel Clown Car

Infinite card draw; Infinite Clue tokens; Infinite colored mana; Infinite damage to creatures; Infinite death triggers; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite Food tokens; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite Treasure tokens; Put all artifact and creature cards from your library onto the battlefield; Put all artifact cards and a subset of creature cards from your library onto the battleifeld

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241 decks

Syr Konrad, the Grim Tainted StrikeElixir of Immortality

Each opponent loses the game

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Price Context

Current price

$0.63 bulk tier

At $0.63, Elixir of Immortality sits firmly in bulk territory — cheap enough to throw into any Commander deck without a second thought. It has been printed often enough that the price is unlikely to spike, making it a stable, low-risk pickup.