Golden Urn
Artifact
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a charge counter on this artifact.
, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain life equal to the number of charge counters on this artifact.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #18704
Golden Urn does almost nothing — one charge counter per upkeep, then sacrifice it to gain life equal to those counters — and in a format where life gain has to either close games or generate card advantage, this does neither. Leave it in the bulk bin.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Golden Urn is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, the bar for a one-mana artifact is generating mana, drawing cards, or enabling a combo — Golden Urn's slow life gain doesn't clear any of those. In Pauper, where life gain strategies do occasionally matter, there are strictly better common options that gain life immediately or attach to a relevant body. Across every format where it's legal, Golden Urn sits below the playability threshold.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Golden Urn is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a collection binder but rarely a deck slot. That price is unlikely to move without a fringe combo or reprint in a precon that forces reevaluation, and neither looks imminent.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.