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Norn's Wellspring

Artifact

Whenever a creature you control dies, scry 1 and put an oil counter on this artifact.
{1}, {T}, Remove two oil counters from this artifact: Draw a card.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Promos
Price
$0.31
EDHREC rank
#6782
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Norn's Wellspring card art
Norn's Wellspring turns every Phyrexian creature that dies into a scry-and-maybe-draw trigger, which in the right shell means consistent card advantage at a low opportunity cost. Three mana to cast and no ongoing payment is the right price for an engine that rewards you for doing what Phyrexian decks already want to do — and Eligeth, Crossroads Augur converts every scry into a full draw, making Norn's Wellspring absurd in that pairing.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Elesh Norn

61.2% of decks · synergy 0.59

Elesh Norn's Phyrexian token production means Norn's Wellspring triggers constantly — the Wellspring isn't an add-on, it's the deck's primary draw engine in a shell that would otherwise starve for cards.

02
Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos

Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos

35.8% of decks · synergy 0.33

Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos churns out Phyrexian tokens through the incubate mechanic, and each one that dies or gets sacrificed feeds Norn's Wellspring — the card rewards the exact game plan Brimaz incentivizes.

03
Teysa Karlov

Teysa Karlov

11.2% of decks · synergy 0.09

Teysa Karlov doubles death triggers, so Norn's Wellspring fires twice for every Phyrexian creature that dies — a modest synergy on paper that snowballs into significant card selection in a creature-heavy aristocrats shell.

04
Mondrak, Glory Dominus

Mondrak, Glory Dominus

10.8% of decks · synergy 0.09

Mondrak, Glory Dominus doubles token creation, which inflates the pool of Phyrexian bodies available as fodder, giving Norn's Wellspring more deaths to trigger across a longer game.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Norn's Wellspring is a Commander card, full stop — its payoff scales directly with how many Phyrexian creatures your deck is producing and sacrificing, which only a focused 100-card build reliably provides. In Modern or Legacy, three mana for conditional scry-and-draw doesn't clear the bar when faster, unconditional draw exists at one or two mana. Pioneer has the same problem: the card requires a dedicated Phyrexian creature engine to generate more than one or two triggers per game, and that engine doesn't exist in a competitive 60-card context. In Commander, Norn's Wellspring earns its slot in any Phyrexian-tribal or Orzhov aristocrats build, generating steady card selection over a long multiplayer game without demanding mana investment beyond the initial cast.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.31 bulk tier

At $0.31, Norn's Wellspring is bulk — a real card at a throw-in price, and there's no reason to expect that to change given its narrow tribal focus. Pick it up without hesitation if it fits your deck; you're not spending down to include it.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.