Ichor Elixir
Artifact
If you would roll one or more planar dice, instead roll that many planar dice plus one and ignore one.
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- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- March of the Machine Commander
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #10900
Ichor Elixir puts a poison counter on each opponent the moment it hits the board — no attack required, no targeting, just an immediate clock on everyone's infect threshold. The catch is that one counter isn't close to lethal on its own, so Ichor Elixir only earns its slot when your deck is already stacking counters through Ashling, Rekindled or a dedicated poison engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ashling, Rekindled
Ashling, Rekindled triggers off noncreature spells entering the graveyard, and Ichor Elixir's sacrifice ability feeds that loop while distributing poison counters — each cast cycles resources back into the engine rather than just disappearing into the bin.
The Emperor of Palamecia
The Emperor of Palamecia cares about incremental damage and persistent pressure across turns, making Ichor Elixir's free poison counter a reliable way to nudge opponents toward infect kill thresholds without spending combat steps.
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 |
Commander is where Ichor Elixir belongs — the four-player table means one cast poisons three opponents simultaneously, which is the only context where that effect justifies a card slot. Legacy and Vintage are both legal, but neither format has any reason to run it; poison strategies that exist in those formats have faster, more consistent tools and don't need a one-mana artifact doing this little. Oathbreaker is legal as well, though the two-player dynamic cuts the multi-opponent upside in half. Treat Ichor Elixir as a Commander-only card in practice.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Ichor Elixir sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up without hesitation if it fits your poison or Ashling build. Bulk artifacts with narrow applications rarely climb in price, so there's no urgency and no risk either way.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ashling, Rekindled
- The Emperor of Palamecia
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.