Mishra's Workshop
Land
: Add 
. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #4162
Mishra's Workshop taps for three mana on turn one — as long as you spend it on artifacts, which is almost never a constraint in decks built around it. The cost is real: it produces nothing for spells, creatures without artifact typing, or interaction, so it belongs only in dedicated artifact shells like Arcum Dagsson, where every mana it generates accelerates something broken.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | banned |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mishra's Workshop carries one restriction: the mana it produces can only be spent on artifact spells. That's enough to get it banned in Legacy, where a turn-one Trinisphere or Lodestone Golem off a single land warps the game before most decks can function. Vintage keeps it legal but on the watch list, where the power level is high enough that three artifact mana on turn one is merely strong rather than format-defining. Commander gives it a pass because the singleton rule, four-player politics, and 40 life create enough natural drag that even explosive artifact ramp rarely ends the game before opponents can respond.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Arcum Dagsson
Arcum Dagsson's entire game plan is assembling artifacts as fast as possible to start tutoring, and Mishra's Workshop effectively gives that engine a free three-mana head start on turn one.
Zirda, the Dawnwaker
Zirda, the Dawnwaker reduces activated ability costs, and the artifacts that abuse those abilities — mana rocks, equipment, combo pieces — are exactly what Mishra's Workshop is designed to deploy ahead of schedule.
Oswald Fiddlebender
Oswald Fiddlebender sacrifices artifacts to tutor up better ones, so the faster you flood the board with cheap artifacts, the sooner the chain starts — and Mishra's Workshop accelerates that setup by a full turn cycle.
Slicer, Hired Muscle
Slicer, Hired Muscle is itself an artifact creature, and the support shell around it leans heavily on artifact mana and equipment; Mishra's Workshop pays for both without touching the general mana base.
Karn, Legacy Reforged
Karn, Legacy Reforged generates mana equal to the highest mana value among your artifacts, so landing expensive artifacts early via Mishra's Workshop directly scales Karn's output the moment he hits the battlefield.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Mishra's Workshop doesn't have a current market price on file, but historically it has been one of the most expensive cards in Magic — routinely in the hundreds of dollars for a single copy. If you're considering picking one up, check current buylist and retail prices across major vendors before committing, since supply is extremely limited and price swings on Reserved List cards can be significant.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Arcum Dagsson
- Zirda, the Dawnwaker
- Oswald Fiddlebender
- Slicer, Hired Muscle
- Karn, Legacy Reforged
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.