Moonring Mirror
Artifact
Whenever you draw a card, exile the top card of your library face down.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may exile all cards from your hand face down. If you do, put all other cards you own exiled with this artifact into your hand.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.43
- EDHREC rank
- #23033
Moonring Mirror lets you exile your hand at end of turn and draw that many cards — effectively replacing your entire grip every turn cycle if you keep feeding it. Seven mana to cast plus an activation cost makes it a late-game play only, and by the time it matters, faster engines have already done the job.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Moonring Mirror is a Commander card in practice — the format's longer games and higher mana counts are the only realistic home for a seven-mana artifact that takes another turn to start producing. In Legacy and Vintage, it's legal but irrelevant; those formats end before you untap with it twice. Modern is the same story: the format's clock is too fast and the competition for seven-mana slots doesn't include slow draw engines. Commander is where the mirror occasionally earns its slot, specifically in decks that dump their hand quickly and want a reset button rather than incremental draw.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.43 bulk tier
At $0.43, Moonring Mirror is bulk — cheap enough to throw in a pile without thinking twice. The low price reflects its narrow application; it won't climb without a pushed commander that specifically rewards hand-exile loops.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.