Ore-Rich Stalactite // Cosmium Catalyst
Artifact // Artifact
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. Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell.
Craft with four or more red instant and/or sorcery cards 
(, Exile this artifact, Exile the four or more from your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner's control. Craft only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #13478
Ore-Rich Stalactite // Cosmium Catalyst enters as a land that taps for colorless, then transforms into an artifact that produces three mana of any color — functional ramp that doubles as a color-fixer once flipped. The front face is slow and the activated ability costs five total mana to transform, so this card rewards patient, high-mana-ceiling decks rather than aggressive or fast-combo builds.
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 Ore-Rich Stalactite // Cosmium Catalyst has a real home: the format's slower pace gives you the turns to flip it, and three-mana rocks that produce any color are meaningfully better than basic color-fixing at parity cost. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — neither format wants a five-mana investment to turn a land into a mana rock. Oathbreaker is legal and functions similarly to Commander, though the faster games there make the transform window tighter.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Ore-Rich Stalactite // Cosmium Catalyst sits firmly in bulk territory. Bulk ramp pieces with niche appeal tend to stay flat unless a pushed commander drives demand, so treat this as a low-risk pickup rather than a card with appreciating value.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.