Qumulox
Creature — Beast
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Masters 2015
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #23662
Qumulox is a 5/4 flier that can cost as little as two blue mana in artifact-heavy shells, making it a legitimate threat rather than a curve-topper curiosity. The ceiling is real, but you need enough artifacts in play to exploit affinity consistently — without that density, it's just an overcosted beater.
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 |
Qumulox has never cracked competitive Modern or Legacy artifact sideboards in a meaningful way — Thought Monitor and Thoughtcast do more for less, and the payoff slot at five-plus mana gets crowded fast. In Commander, Qumulox fits cleanly into artifact-tribal decks where affinity reduces it to two or three mana by mid-game, making it a reasonable threat in Sydri, Galvanic Genius or Breya, Etherium Shaper builds. It won't headline any list, but it's a playable body in the right shell at essentially no financial cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Qumulox is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a common box, not a binder. That price reflects its limited competitive history, and there's no catalyst on the horizon likely to move it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.