Magma Mine
Artifact
: Put a pressure counter on this artifact.
, Sacrifice this artifact: It deals damage equal to the number of pressure counters on it to any target.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Visions
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #26533
Magma Mine pays off exactly once — sacrifice it to deal damage equal to the number of charge counters on it, which you've been patiently stacking at one per turn. The setup cost is real and the payoff is slow, making it a fringe card outside dedicated counter-accumulation strategies.
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 |
Magma Mine is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive Legacy and Vintage have zero interest in a card that takes multiple turns to threaten any meaningful damage. Commander is the only format where Magma Mine finds a home, and even there the bar is high — you need a commander or shell that either accelerates charge counters or exploits the sacrifice trigger for value. In Oathbreaker the condensed game length makes the slow charge-up even harder to justify.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Magma Mine is deep bulk — you're not paying for power, you're paying for a niche piece in a specific build. Bulk rares with narrow applications like this one don't appreciate; buy it if the deck calls for it, otherwise it's a throw-in.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.