Protomatter Powder
Artifact
, 
, Sacrifice this artifact: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #28125
Protomatter Powder reanimates any artifact from any graveyard for three mana at instant speed — that's a genuinely flexible effect that most blue-white artifact decks want access to. The catch is it's a one-shot sorcery stapled to an artifact body, not a repeatable engine, so it earns its slot only when your meta regularly puts high-value artifacts in the bin.
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, Protomatter Powder fills a niche reanimation role in artifact-heavy decks — grabbing a destroyed Sol Ring, Treasure Map, or combo piece at instant speed is real utility, and the fact that it targets any graveyard gives it some political angle in multiplayer. Outside Commander, Protomatter Powder sees essentially no competitive play: Legacy and Vintage have far more efficient artifact recursion, and the effect doesn't do enough to justify a dedicated slot in a focused combo or control shell. It's a Commander card through and through.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Protomatter Powder is deep bulk — you're paying essentially nothing for a card that does something genuinely useful in the right shell. Don't expect that to move; niche Commander utility at three mana rarely appreciates unless a breakout commander pushes artifact recursion into the spotlight.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.