Phyrexian Vault
Artifact
, 
, Sacrifice a creature: Draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Tenth Edition
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #18381
Phyrexian Vault converts surplus creatures into cards at the cost of three mana and a life each time — slow but repeatable, and repeatable draw on an artifact is what black sacrifice decks actually want. It's not a turn-one slam, but in any deck that generates tokens or fodder, it earns its slot.
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 |
Phyrexian Vault is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only meaningfully shows up in Commander. In Legacy and Vintage, three mana for a slow draw engine is laughably behind the pace — those formats have Skullclamp and Yawgmoth's Will to worry about. Modern has enough efficient sacrifice payoffs that Vault still can't compete with cheaper draw options. Commander is where the math finally works: games go long, sacrifice synergies are abundant, and an artifact that turns a 1/1 token into a card on any turn you have nothing better to do is genuinely useful.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Phyrexian Vault sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card you pick out of a dollar box rather than order intentionally. Don't expect that to change; it's been reprinted enough times that supply keeps the ceiling low, and it will never be a chase card.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.