Phyrexian Furnace
Artifact
: Exile the bottom card of target player's graveyard.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile target card from a graveyard. Draw a card.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $13.28
- EDHREC rank
- #17107
Phyrexian Furnace gives you incremental, repeatable graveyard exile on a one-mana artifact — each activation removes one card at instant speed for a single colorless mana, and drawing a card when it leaves the battlefield means you're rarely down a card. It's the cleanest low-cost graveyard hate that doesn't ask you to sacrifice tempo.
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 |
In Commander, Phyrexian Furnace earns a slot wherever reanimator, Dredge-adjacent engines, or flashback-heavy decks show up in your meta — the repeatable exile keeps graveyards in check without eating a whole card. Its slow, one-at-a-time activation is a liability against fast graveyard combos where you need to exile in bulk immediately, so it's better in pods where the threat is persistent recursion rather than a one-turn kill. In Legacy and Vintage, it sees essentially no play — both formats have faster, more powerful graveyard disruption available, and one-at-a-time exile can't keep pace with the speed of those games. Oathbreaker shares Commander's multiplayer graveyard dynamics, and Phyrexian Furnace fits the same supporting role there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Soul-Guide Lantern does nearly the same job at a similar price point — one mana, instant-speed exile of a single card as a repeatable activation, and it can crack itself to exile an entire graveyard in a pinch, which Phyrexian Furnace cannot. If you want to go cheaper, Relic of Progenitus is the closest true budget swap, offering similar incremental exile with a cantrip on sacrifice, though it hits all graveyards including your own.
Price Context
Current price
$13.28 mid tier
At $13.28, Phyrexian Furnace sits in the mid tier — pricier than most graveyard hate staples, driven largely by its age and limited reprints rather than raw power level. It holds casual and collector appeal, but from a pure utility standpoint you're paying a premium for a card that functional equivalents often undercut on price.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.