Eye of Ojer Taq // Apex Observatory
Artifact // Artifact
: Add one mana of any color.
Craft with two that share a card type 
(, Exile this artifact, Exile the two from among other permanents you control and/or cards from your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner's control. Craft only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander
- Price
- $1.09
- EDHREC rank
- #12140
Eye of Ojer Taq // Apex Observatory triples every token you create — not doubles, triples — and its front face doubles as a mana rock that flips into a land when Tetzin, Gnome Champion assembles his artifact engine. The cost is steep at five mana for a 3/3, but the payoff is so disproportionate in token strategies that the rate barely matters once it's online.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tetzin, Gnome Champion
Tetzin, Gnome Champion's token-generating artifact synergies become obscene with Eye of Ojer Taq // Apex Observatory on the battlefield — every token Tetzin produces from his triggered ability gets replaced with three, turning a modest board state into a lethal flood of artifacts in a single combat step.
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 |
Eye of Ojer Taq // Apex Observatory is a Commander card through and through — the token tripling only reaches its ceiling in a 100-card singleton environment where opponents can't prepare for it across 60-card redundancy. Legacy and Vintage are legal homes on paper, but neither format has the token-go-wide shells that justify five mana for an enchantment creature with no immediate protection. Commander is where this card does exactly what it promises: one resolved Eye warps the entire game state around whoever controls it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.09 cheap tier
At $1.09, Eye of Ojer Taq // Apex Observatory is dramatically underpriced for what it does — tripling tokens is a unique effect with no close functional replacement in Commander. Demand from Tetzin builds and token strategies broadly should keep it from dropping further, and any spike in token-commander popularity could push it well above this floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Tetzin, Gnome Champion
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.