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Genesis Chamber

Artifact

Whenever a nontoken creature enters, if this artifact is untapped, that creature's controller creates a 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature token.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{2}
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Darksteel
Price
$3.51
EDHREC rank
#2771
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Genesis Chamber card art
Genesis Chamber floods the board with Myr tokens for every nontoken creature either player plays — the payoff is enormous, but the symmetry is real and it will arm opponents running creature-heavy strategies. The builds that ignore that downside are the ones pairing it with Norin the Wary for free one-sided triggers or slamming Nim Deathmantle to loop creatures and tokens without ever letting the opponent catch up.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Norin the Wary

Norin the Wary

87.6% of decks · synergy 0.85

Norin the Wary flickers himself every single turn for free, which means Genesis Chamber produces a Myr token on each flicker with zero investment — in 88% of Norin decks, this is the engine that converts a 0/1 with no combat text into a board-flooding threat.

02
Grismold, the Dreadsower

Grismold, the Dreadsower

56.9% of decks · synergy 0.56

Grismold, the Dreadsower grows from every token that dies, so Genesis Chamber feeds him constantly — opponents getting tokens actually accelerates Grismold's clock, turning the symmetry into a one-sided pump.

03
Massacre Girl

Massacre Girl

49.3% of decks · synergy 0.47

Massacre Girl wipes the board on entry, and every Myr token Genesis Chamber produced beforehand is just more fuel for her -1/-1 triggers cascading through everything.

04
Urtet, Remnant of Memnarch

Urtet, Remnant of Memnarch

47.2% of decks · synergy 0.46

Urtet, Remnant of Memnarch cares specifically about Myr creature types, so every token Genesis Chamber mints is another body Urtet can tap for mana or untap for combat — the Myr tokens are on-tribe, not just filler.

05
Massacre Girl, Known Killer

Massacre Girl, Known Killer

34.9% of decks · synergy 0.32

Massacre Girl, Known Killer gives all her creatures wither, and Genesis Chamber keeps restocking the board with Myr tokens to swing with, sustaining pressure while the wither counters grind down blockers each combat step.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Genesis Chamber does its best work — multiplayer tables are packed with creature-heavy decks, which means the symmetry tax is often negligible and the board floods fast. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but nearly invisible; three mana for a do-nothing artifact that helps opponents is a hard sell in formats where the game is often over by turn three. Modern has the speed problem too, and any deck that wants token generation at that price point has better options. Genesis Chamber is a Commander card in practice, full stop.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$3.51 cheap tier

At $3.51, Genesis Chamber sits in the cheap tier — low enough to throw into any token or creature-loop build without a second thought. It sees enough Commander demand from Norin and Grismold shells to stay stable at that price, though it's not a card anyone is speculating on.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.