Orazca Relic
Artifact
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
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., Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life and draw a card. Activate only if you have the city's blessing.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Forgotten Realms Commander
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #15101
Orazca Relic is a three-mana rock that taps for colorless and gains you 3 life — fine, but not good enough for most Commander lists. The City's Blessing rider that lets you cash it in for three cards is the only reason to consider it, and getting there requires ten permanents you control.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Orazca Relic sees essentially zero play in competitive formats — Modern, Legacy, and Vintage all have far better three-mana ramp options, and the City's Blessing condition never matters there. Pauper is the one format where budget colorless rocks see fringe use, but even there the card draw payoff is too conditional to be reliable. In Commander, Orazca Relic occupies the bottom shelf of ramp: it works, but Arcane Signet, Coldsteel Heart, and even Commander's Sphere do the same job better without requiring ten permanents to unlock card draw. Only run it if your budget is genuinely zero and you need the 99th card.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Orazca Relic is deep bulk — you'll find it in any dollar-bin or bulk rare trade. It holds no value trajectory worth tracking; pick it up only if you're building a strict budget list and have already exhausted better options.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.