Kyren Toy
Artifact
,
: Put a charge counter on this artifact.
, Remove X charge counters from this artifact: Add an amount of
equal to X plus one.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.58
- EDHREC rank
- #24576
Kyren Toy lets you sink excess mana into charge counters and cash them in for card draw, but the payoff is slow and the setup is real — you're spending multiple turns and multiple mana to draw cards you could have drawn cheaper elsewhere. It earns a slot only in decks that generate enormous mana surpluses and have nothing better to do with them.
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 the only format where Kyren Toy does real work — games go long, mana bases run big, and the card's incremental draw becomes viable when you're already ahead on resources. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but wholly irrelevant: the formats are too fast and too efficient to spend multiple activations on a three-mana artifact that draws one card at a time. Oathbreaker sits closer to Commander on the speed spectrum, and Kyren Toy could find a role in a mana-heavy build there, though the 20-life clock tightens the window considerably.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.58 bulk tier
At $0.58, Kyren Toy sits firmly in bulk territory — it costs almost nothing to acquire and is unlikely to climb unless a powerful new commander makes the engine dramatically better. Pick it up if the synergy is real for your build; don't expect the price to matter either way.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.