Green Mana Battery
Artifact
, 
: Put a charge counter on this artifact., Remove any number of charge counters from this artifact: Add 
, then add an additional for each charge counter removed this way.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Fourth Edition
- Price
- $0.38
- EDHREC rank
- #26747
Green Mana Battery stores excess green mana across turns and releases it all at once — useful in theory, painfully slow in practice. Two mana to cast plus one mana per charge means you're always behind on tempo, and any removal before you cash in leaves you with nothing.
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 |
Green Mana Battery is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and irrelevant in all of them. In Commander, the format where slow value engines have the most room to breathe, it still competes against Golgari Signet, Sol Ring, and Cultivate — all of which produce mana immediately rather than promising it later. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a tap artifact that breaks even on mana around turn four at the earliest. Oathbreaker's tighter game clock makes the Battery even harder to justify.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.38 bulk tier
At $0.38, Green Mana Battery is bulk — priced exactly where it belongs. Don't expect that to change; supply is high, demand is low, and nothing in the current card pool makes this worth chasing.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.