Malachite Talisman

Artifact

Whenever a player casts a green 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
$0.40
EDHREC rank
#21774
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Malachite Talisman card art
Malachite Talisman turns every green spell into untap triggers, and in the right shell that means drawing your entire deck or generating infinite mana before your opponents can respond. The cost is narrow color identity and zero impact outside of green-spell-heavy strategies — but inside those strategies, it's the engine, not a support piece, and Whip Silk loops make it busted.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Malachite Talisman is a Commander card through and through — the longer the game and the denser the green-spell count, the more broken it becomes. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but has never found a home; fair green decks in those formats don't cast enough spells in a single turn to make the untap triggers relevant, and combo decks have faster, more consistent engines. Commander is where Malachite Talisman warps games: a Marwyn, the Nurturer or Selvala, Heart of the Wilds player who resolves it and then casts two or three elves has effectively ended the game. Oathbreaker offers a similar long-game environment but a smaller card pool and faster closing speeds, so Malachite Talisman sees fringe play there in mono-green builds.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.40 bulk tier

At $0.40, Malachite Talisman sits firmly in bulk territory despite being a genuine combo engine in the right Commander decks. It's held near this floor for years and isn't likely to spike unless a high-profile green commander pushes untap synergies into the mainstream — pick up copies freely without concern for price.

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