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Phyrexia's Core

Land

{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: You gain 1 life.

CMC
0
Mana cost
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
New Phyrexia
Price
$0.18
EDHREC rank
#6391
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Phyrexia's Core card art
Phyrexia's Core gives artifact-heavy decks a free sacrifice outlet on a land — no mana, no card slot beyond the land drop itself, just a tap to convert a spent artifact into a life and a scry. The cost is that it enters tapped and produces only colorless, so it quietly slows your early turns; commanders like Emry, Lurker of the Loch and Osgir, the Reconstructor absorb that tempo hit easily because they were already building around artifacts.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Osgir, the Reconstructor

Osgir, the Reconstructor

35.8% of decks · synergy 0.35

Osgir, the Reconstructor sacrifices artifacts as part of his activated ability, so Phyrexia's Core doubles as both a sacrifice outlet and a way to reset artifacts you've already looted — keeping the graveyard stocked for his second ability.

02
Daretti, Scrap Savant

Daretti, Scrap Savant

36.1% of decks · synergy 0.35

Daretti, Scrap Savant's whole game is cycling artifacts in and out of the graveyard, and Phyrexia's Core feeds that loop without spending a card slot, turning any spent artifact into fuel for Daretti's ultimate or a future Trash for Treasure.

03
Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender

Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender

39.7% of decks · synergy 0.35

Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender grows whenever a noncreature artifact hits the graveyard, so Phyrexia's Core is effectively a free pump trigger on a land — sacrifice a spent Myr or Signet, scry 1, and watch Syr Ginger get larger.

04
Glissa, the Traitor

Glissa, the Traitor

28.4% of decks · synergy 0.28

Glissa, the Traitor returns artifacts from the graveyard whenever an opponent's creature dies, and Phyrexia's Core gives Glissa decks a clean way to push artifacts into the bin on demand, setting up Glissa's trigger for the next combat step.

05
Gandalf the White

Gandalf the White

21.1% of decks · synergy 0.20

Gandalf the White cares about casting spells from exile and running high-value permanents, and Phyrexia's Core slots in as an incidental sacrifice outlet that lets white-heavy artifact builds convert obsolete mana rocks into scry without dedicating a spell slot to it.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Phyrexia's Core is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees virtually no play outside Commander — in eternal formats with faster clocks, a tapped colorless land with a life-gain rider is too slow to matter. In Commander, it earns its slot specifically in artifact-centric builds where a free, uncounterable sacrifice outlet on a land is a structural advantage rather than a luxury. The scry 1 is genuinely relevant over a long game, and the life payment is close to irrelevant in a format where starting at 40 life is standard. Outside dedicated artifact strategies, Phyrexia's Core is just a slow Wastes, so context is everything.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.18 bulk tier

At $0.18, Phyrexia's Core is deep bulk — there's no reason to pay more than that for any copy you find. Bulk artifact lands rarely spike unless a breakout Commander deck pushes demand, and this one's ceiling is low enough that you should just grab it out of a bulk bin and move on.

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