Nacre Talisman
Artifact
Whenever a player casts a white spell, you may pay 
. If you do, untap target permanent.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #27682
Nacre Talisman untaps a permanent whenever an opponent casts a spell — raw engine fuel in any deck that wants repeated activations — but that symmetry clause means opponents are in control of the throttle. Pair it with Flickering Ward and you're generating the untap triggers yourself, which turns the symmetry from a liability into a non-issue.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Nacre Talisman actually lives — four opponents casting spells means the untap trigger fires constantly, making it a reliable engine piece in tap-heavy strategies. Legacy and Vintage are legal homes on paper, but the effect is too slow and too conditional for those formats, and you'll never see it on a serious list. Nacre Talisman is a Commander card through and through: the multiplayer table does the work the card can't do alone.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Whitemane LionChromatic OrreryNacre Talisman
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite storm count
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Kor SkyfisherChromatic OrreryNacre Talisman
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite storm count
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Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Nacre Talisman is bulk — a near-zero buy-in for a card that does real work in the right shell. It's been cheap for years and nothing about its reprint profile or demand suggests that changes.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.