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Powerstone Shard

Artifact

{T}: Add {C} for each artifact you control named Powerstone Shard.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{3}
Color identity
C
Rarity
common
Set
Dominaria
Price
$0.22
EDHREC rank
#15441
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Powerstone Shard card art
Powerstone Shard scales with itself — each additional copy on the battlefield adds one mana to every other copy, turning three or four Shards into a legitimate mana engine. The cost is setup time: a single copy taps for one colorless, which is just a worse Worn Powerstone, so the card does nothing until you're assembling multiples through cards like Cogwork Assembler or the copy-doubling engine in Urza, Prince of Kroog.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Urza, Prince of Kroog

Urza, Prince of Kroog

34.8% of decks · synergy 0.34

Urza, Prince of Kroog's ability reduces the cost of artifact copies, which means Powerstone Shard tokens made by Cogwork Assembler or similar effects come down faster and immediately pump the rest of your Shard count — the synergy score of 0.34 is the highest of any commander for a reason.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Powerstone Shard actually lives — the 100-card singleton format makes assembling multiples harder, but artifact-focused decks have enough tutors and copy effects to make the engine consistent. In Pauper, it's legal but too slow for the format's tempo; the payoff requires too many cards and too many turns. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer are non-starters in practice — competitive non-rotating formats don't give you the luxury of tapping three artifacts for mana when faster, unconditional options exist at every point on the curve. Powerstone Shard is a Commander card wearing a multi-format legal badge.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

83 decks
Chrome DomePowerstone Shard

Chrome DomePowerstone Shard

Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite copies of artifacts you control with haste; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers

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Price Context

Current price

$0.22 bulk tier

At $0.22, Powerstone Shard is deep bulk — a throwaway pickup whenever you're sleeving up an artifact Commander deck. Don't expect the price to move; the card has a narrow enough home that demand stays low and supply stays plentiful.

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