Great Desert Prospector
Creature — Human Artificer
When this creature enters, create a tapped Powerstone token for each other creature you control. (They're artifacts with "
: Add 
. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #17888
Great Desert Prospector enters the battlefield and immediately converts every subsequent creature you play into a Treasure token, turning your curve into a mana engine on the spot. The four-mana ask is real, but any deck that blinks or bounces it — Eldrazi Displacer being the obvious partner — generates explosive value fast enough to justify the slot.
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 |
Commander is the natural home for Great Desert Prospector — multiplayer games go long, creature-heavy strategies are everywhere, and the card's passive Treasure generation scales directly with how many creatures hit the table across a full game arc. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's legal but essentially invisible; four mana for a conditional Treasure generator with no immediate board impact can't compete in formats where threats need to win the game, not fund it. Oathbreaker offers the same favorable conditions as Commander at a smaller table, and Treasure-focused spellslingers can abuse it with blink loops there too.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Great Desert ProspectorEldrazi DisplacerKrark-Clan Ironworks
Infinite blinking; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite tapped Powerstone tokens; Infinite blinking of most creatures
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Great Desert Prospector is pure bulk — you're buying a playset for the cost of a sleeve. That price reflects low constructed demand, but Commander copies are cheap enough that there's no reason to hesitate if the slot makes sense in your deck.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.