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Magewright's Stone

Artifact

{1}, {T}: Untap target creature that has an activated ability with {T} in its cost.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{2}
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Dissension
Price
$8.65
EDHREC rank
#2867
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Magewright's Stone card art
Magewright's Stone turns any activated-ability creature into a twice-per-turn threat for just two mana to cast and one to activate — the rate is absurd. It overlaps heavily with Illusionist's Bracers in tap-ability decks, but where Bracers doubles the effect, the Stone gives a second activation, which matters more in combo lines; Oswald Fiddlebender runs it in nearly half of all builds for exactly that reason.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Oswald Fiddlebender

Oswald Fiddlebender

47.0% of decks · synergy 0.46

Oswald Fiddlebender's tutor ability requires tapping, so Magewright's Stone effectively doubles his artifact-fetching output each turn — nearly half of all Oswald decks include it because a second free tutor per turn is simply the engine.

02
Kelsien, the Plague

Kelsien, the Plague

41.5% of decks · synergy 0.40

Kelsien, the Plague needs to tap to deal damage and accumulate experience counters, and Magewright's Stone lets him fire twice in a single turn, compressing the counter buildup that makes him threatening into half the time.

03
The Beamtown Bullies

The Beamtown Bullies

38.5% of decks · synergy 0.37

The Beamtown Bullies tap to donate creatures to opponents, and Magewright's Stone lets them pull that trigger twice per turn — doubling the chaos and threat density the deck is built around.

04
Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist

Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist

38.5% of decks · synergy 0.37

Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist taps to manipulate bones and generate value, and Magewright's Stone doubles those activations, turning a once-per-turn engine into a two-trigger machine that compounds quickly.

05
Merieke Ri Berit

Merieke Ri Berit

37.5% of decks · synergy 0.37

Merieke Ri Berit taps to steal creatures and untapping her destroys them, so Magewright's Stone enables a second steal each turn — or lets her steal, untap on command, and steal again without waiting a full rotation.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Magewright's Stone is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only sees real play in Commander. In Legacy and Vintage the two-mana artifact that enables an extra tap activation simply can't compete with the raw power level of those formats — the game is usually decided before the Stone's value compounds. Modern has no meaningful tap-ability commanders and faster clocks than the Stone can exploit. Commander is where Magewright's Stone earns its slot: the 100-card singleton format is built around commanders with activated abilities, games go long enough for repeated activations to accumulate, and the Stone's low casting cost means it lands ahead of your commander on curve.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Thousand-Year Elixir does the same untap trick and also gives your creatures haste on the first activation, making it a strict upgrade in most tap-ability decks — it costs more (typically $4–6) but is worth the extra investment if budget allows. If you need to go cheaper, Umbral Mantle and Sword of the Paruns both untap a creature repeatedly for mana rather than a flat one-generic, which trades the clean simplicity of Magewright's Stone for combo potential in infinite-mana lines.

Price Context

Current price

$8.65 mid tier

At $8.65, Magewright's Stone sits in the mid tier — noticeable in a budget build but not a barrier in a powered deck. It has held this price range steadily due to consistent Commander demand across tap-ability strategies, so there's no strong reason to expect a dramatic dip.

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