Is Mana Geode good in Commander?

Mana Geode

Artifact

When this artifact enters, scry 1.
: Add one mana of any color.

CMC: 3
Mana cost
Color identity: C
Rarity: common
Set: Jumpstart
Price: $0.30
EDHREC rank: #6690

Mana Geode enters, makes any color, and replaces itself with a scry — that's three things on one card for three mana. It's not a powerhouse, but Ghostly Flicker loops and odd-CMC commanders like Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign make it pull above its weight.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

14.2% of decks · synergy 0.14

Mana Geode costs three mana — odd CMC — so Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign can cast it for free off the attack trigger, turning a middling rock into a free scry and mana fixing with no investment.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	legal
pioneer	legal
standard	not legal
vintage	legal
pauper	legal
oathbreaker	legal

Mana Geode is a Commander card, full stop. In a 100-card singleton format where color fixing is a recurring puzzle and scry effects compound over a long game, a three-mana rock that does both earns its slot in decks that can't afford the $10–$30 fixing staples. In Pauper it's legal but competing against two-mana commons that do the job faster, so it rarely makes the cut. Modern, Legacy, and Vintage don't want three-mana ramp artifacts when the format clock runs faster than Mana Geode's payoff window.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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