Millstone
Artifact
, 
: Target player mills two cards.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2019
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #11910
Millstone costs two mana to put on the board and two more every time you want to mill two cards — that rate is too slow to threaten a 60-card opponent and laughably slow against Commander's 100-card library. Dedicated mill strategies have better options at every point on the curve, and non-mill decks have no reason to run it.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Millstone is functionally unplayable as a win condition — milling two cards per activation against 100-card libraries means you need dozens of activations before a single opponent is threatened. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have enough degenerate mill tools that Millstone never sees a second glance; Glimpse the Unthinkable and Fractured Sanity do more in one card than Millstone does in a full game. Pioneer is the one format where mill is a fringe competitive archetype, but even there Millstone is outclassed by every purpose-built option at the same price point. Across every format it's legal in, Millstone is a nostalgic artifact, not a serious inclusion.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Millstone is deep bulk — you're essentially paying for the cardboard. That price is stable purely because casual nostalgia creates a floor, not because the card earns a slot in any competitive or optimized list.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.