Ivory Crane Netsuke
Artifact
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have seven or more cards in hand, you gain 4 life.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #23576
Ivory Crane Netsuke gains you 4 life per turn — but only if you're holding seven or more cards, a condition most decks can't reliably maintain. It's a payoff card for dedicated hand-size strategies, and a blank in any other shell.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ivory Crane Netsuke is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's essentially a Commander card — the 100-card singleton format is where hand-size synergies have the density to make the condition consistent. In Legacy and Vintage the card is too slow and too conditional to compete; no constructed deck is engineering a seven-card hand for 4 life a turn. Commander is the only format where commanders like Nekusar, the Mindrazer or Alhammarret's Archive create the conditions Ivory Crane Netsuke needs to actually fire.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Ivory Crane Netsuke is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box, not a binder. It's a niche card with a narrow home, so don't expect price movement unless a future commander makes maximum hand size a breakout mechanic.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.