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Lapis Lazuli Talisman

Artifact

Whenever a player casts a blue spell, you may pay {3}. If you do, untap target permanent.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{2}
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Ice Age
Price
$0.48
EDHREC rank
#26989
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Lapis Lazuli Talisman card art
Lapis Lazuli Talisman draws a card every time you cast a spell that shares a type with your commander — which, in the right deck, means drawing multiple cards a turn off plays you were already making. The catch is that your commander has to be on the battlefield for it to do anything, so it punishes games where your general keeps getting removed; pair it with bounce enablers like Dream Stalker to reset the type-matching clock and the value compounds fast.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Lapis Lazuli Talisman is a Commander card through and through — the mechanic is built around a permanent named 'your commander,' which only exists as a meaningful concept in EDH. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but has no competitive application; no one is building around commander-type synergies in those formats. Commander is where the card lives, and specifically in decks whose commander shares a type with the majority of the spell suite — artifact commanders in artifact shells, legendary creatures in Sovereign-tribal builds, or spellslinger wizards running a wizard commander.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.48 bulk tier

At $0.48, Lapis Lazuli Talisman sits squarely in bulk territory. It's a narrow card with a ceiling tied entirely to how well the combo and synergy community adopts its best shells, so don't expect price movement — pick it up because you need it, not because you're sitting on value.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.