Mox Tantalite
Artifact
Suspend 3—
(Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)
: Add one mana of any color.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Modern Horizons
- Price
- $12.12
- EDHREC rank
- #4291
Mox Tantalite enters the battlefield with three suspend counters, meaning you cast it for free but wait three turns before it produces mana — a ceiling so high that only decks built around suspend or enters-with-counters mechanics can justify the slot. In anything else, the delay makes it strictly worse than a basic land; in The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler decks, it's a free spell waiting to happen.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler
The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler triggers off cards being removed from suspend, so Mox Tantalite entering play from exile is exactly the kind of free 'cast' event that fuels the engine — 34% of Tenth Doctor decks include it for exactly this reason.
Alaundo the Seer
Alaundo the Seer places omen counters on cards exiled from the top of the library and lets them be cast when their counters run out, which means Mox Tantalite's suspend clock syncs naturally with Alaundo the Seer's own counter-removal loop.
Jhoira of the Ghitu
Jhoira of the Ghitu suspends spells for two colorless mana, and a deck built around that mechanic wants every free spell it can find — Mox Tantalite costs nothing to suspend and arrives on roughly the same schedule as everything else in the queue.
Fblthp, Lost on the Range
Fblthp, Lost on the Range puts cards onto the battlefield from the top of the library via plot and similar mechanics, and Mox Tantalite's zero casting cost means it's a free artifact that can be plotted or suspended without spending resources Fblthp, Lost on the Range needs elsewhere.
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds can end turns on command, which accelerates suspend counters off permanents — Mox Tantalite sitting in exile loses counters faster under Obeka, Splitter of Seconds, turning the three-turn wait into something closer to one or two well-timed activations.
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, Mox Tantalite is a role-player, not a staple — it belongs in suspend-matters or counter-manipulation decks and nowhere else. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it; those formats run the actual Mox cycle and don't tolerate a three-turn delay on acceleration. Modern has the legality but lacks the commander-style synergy engines that make Mox Tantalite worth a slot, so it sees essentially zero play there. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: fine if your planeswalker cares about suspend, irrelevant otherwise.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Arcane Signet and Fellwar Stone are the honest replacements — both cost one to two dollars, tap for mana the turn they land, and don't ask you to build around them. If you specifically want the suspend synergy on a budget, Lotus Bloom does the same zero-mana-with-suspend trick for under two dollars and produces three mana at once when it resolves, which is a stronger payoff than Mox Tantalite's one-mana drip even if it takes the same three turns.
Price Context
Current price
$12.12 mid tier
At $12.12, Mox Tantalite sits in the mid tier — pricey enough to feel like a commitment, cheap enough that dedicated suspend decks will just buy it. The price is propped up by Commander demand in a narrow niche, not broad playability, so it's a fine purchase if your deck wants it and a clear skip if it doesn't.
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Sources
Mentioned
- The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler
- Alaundo the Seer
- Jhoira of the Ghitu
- Fblthp, Lost on the Range
- Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.