Ersatz Gnomes
Artifact Creature — Gnome
: Target spell becomes colorless.: Target permanent becomes colorless until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #27028
Ersatz Gnomes makes any permanent colorless on demand — a niche but precise effect that shows up in color-matters strategies and Devoid synergies. Three mana for a 1/1 that taps to do it is a steep rate, so it earns a slot only when the color-stripping is the entire point.
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 |
Ersatz Gnomes is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its home is Commander — the only format slow enough to let a tapping 1/1 do meaningful work. In Legacy and Vintage, the effect is too narrow and the body too fragile to see any real play. In Commander, it slots into decks that care about colorless permanents for payoffs like Eldrazi synergies or commanders that reward stripping color identity from opponents' pieces. Outside of a specific build that demands this exact effect, it's a card that sits in the binder.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Ersatz Gnomes is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick out of a common box without thinking twice. Demand is too narrow to push the price anywhere, so it stays right where it is.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.