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Machine God's Effigy

Artifact

You may have this artifact enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it's an artifact and it has "{T}: Add {U}." (It's not a creature.)
{T}: Add {U}.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{4}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
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Price
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EDHREC rank
#2818
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Machine God's Effigy card art
Machine God's Effigy copies any creature on the battlefield as a token that's also an artifact, which means a single Devoted Druid becomes an infinite mana engine the moment Effigy's copy inherits its untap ability alongside any -1/-1 counter synergy. The cost is three mana for a card that does nothing on its own — it needs a target worth copying, so it's a role-player, not a standalone threat.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Mishra, Eminent One

Mishra, Eminent One

67.9% of decks · synergy 0.66

Mishra, Eminent One creates artifact tokens that are copies of your noncreature artifacts at the start of combat, and Machine God's Effigy is itself an artifact creature token — meaning Mishra can double up the copy, letting you stack layers of the same powerful creature across a single turn.

02
Thrasios, Triton HeroYoshimaru, Ever Faithful

Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

31.9% of decks · synergy 0.31

This pairing runs Machine God's Effigy as part of its broad creature-copy toolkit, where copying a mana dork or combo piece like Devoted Druid accelerates Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful's card-draw and counters engines without spending extra setup.

03
Tevesh Szat, Doom of FoolsThrasios, Triton Hero

Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools // Thrasios, Triton Hero

27.1% of decks · synergy 0.26

Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools // Thrasios, Triton Hero leans on redundant combo pieces, and Machine God's Effigy slots in as a flexible copy that can mirror whatever mana-producing or draw-enabling creature the deck needs a second instance of in the moment.

04
Sakashima of a Thousand FacesVial Smasher the Fierce

Sakashima of a Thousand Faces // Vial Smasher the Fierce

23.6% of decks · synergy 0.21

Sakashima of a Thousand Faces // Vial Smasher the Fierce is built around breaking the legend rule with copy effects, and Machine God's Effigy's token being an artifact creature means it dodges legend-rule problems while still triggering Vial Smasher's damage on cast.

05
Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Tasigur, the Golden Fang

18.8% of decks · synergy 0.18

Tasigur, the Golden Fang decks use Machine God's Effigy as redundancy in creature-based infinite mana lines, where copying a key piece mid-combo is often faster than tutoring for the original.

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

Machine God's Effigy is a Commander card in every meaningful sense — the format's singleton structure makes copy effects that clone any creature on the board dramatically more flexible than in 60-card formats, where you'd just run four copies of the creature itself. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but sees no competitive play; those formats move too fast and too linearly for a three-mana setup piece that requires a board state to do anything. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where it has some theoretical home, particularly in combo-oriented shells that want a second copy of a key creature without burning a second deck slot.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

3,318 decks
Astral DragonMachine God's Effigy

Astral DragonMachine God's Effigy

Infinite blue mana; Infinite creature token copies of all noncreature permanents; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite noncreature artifact token copies of all creatures

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Current pricing data for Machine God's Effigy isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. Given its narrow but dedicated home in Mishra, Eminent One lists and cEDH creature-copy packages, it tends to hold modest value — not a bulk rare, but not a staple either.

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