Moratorium Stone
Artifact
, 
: Exile target card from a graveyard.
, , Sacrifice this artifact: Exile target nonland card from a graveyard, all other cards from graveyards with the same name as that card, and all permanents with that name.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Guildpact
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #30685
Moratorium Stone exiles a card from any graveyard for two mana at instant speed, then offers a five-mana activated ability to exile entire graveyards — all on a colorless artifact that any deck can run. The cost is real: it asks for mana investment across two activations when dedicated hate like Rest in Peace does the job for two mana total, but the modular design earns it a slot anywhere graveyard pressure isn't constant.
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 |
In Commander, Moratorium Stone fills the colorless graveyard-hate slot for decks that can't run white or green staples — it's the honest answer for a five-color pile that still needs redundancy, or a mono-red deck with nowhere else to turn. Legacy and Vintage both have faster, cheaper hate, so Moratorium Stone doesn't compete there outside of fringe colorless-artifact shells. Modern is the same story: Relic of Progenitus and Tormod's Crypt outpace it on tempo, and Modern is too fast to spend five mana finishing the job. Oathbreaker shares Commander's logic — colorless flexibility earns it consideration when your color identity leaves gaps.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Moratorium Stone is deep bulk — you're paying pennies for genuine utility. Prices at this floor don't move unless a format breakthrough appears, and nothing on the horizon suggests that, so grab it for its function and don't think twice about the cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.