Ornate Kanzashi
Artifact
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: Target opponent exiles the top card of their library. You may play that card this turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #25800
Ornate Kanzashi lets you play the top card of each opponent's library, which is a powerful effect stapled to a five-mana artifact that does nothing until your next turn. The cost in both mana and setup is steep enough that it earns a slot only in dedicated theft or spell-slinging strategies, not as a generic value piece.
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, Ornate Kanzashi is a niche but functional engine — three opponents means three fresh cards available each turn cycle, which adds up quickly in long games. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage are all legal on paper, but five mana for a do-nothing-until-untap artifact is far too slow for any of those formats, where games end before you recoup the investment. Oathbreaker is the one alternative format where it can see honest play, since the 20-life total and faster clock make political theft effects occasionally disruptive enough to matter.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Ornate Kanzashi is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. The price reflects its narrow playability, and there's no reason to expect upward pressure unless a high-profile theft commander pushes it into wider circulation.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.