Relic of Legends
Artifact
: Add one mana of any color.
Tap an untapped legendary creature you control: Add one mana of any color.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Final Fantasy Commander
- Price
- $1.43
- EDHREC rank
- #573
Relic of Legends enters tapped, which stings, but any legendary creature you control can tap it for mana — turning your commander and every other legendary into mana sources the moment they hit the board. Decks like Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver that loop or replay legendary creatures treat Relic of Legends as a mana engine, not just a rock; Kilo, Apogee Mind and similar commanders that stack legendary permanents get similar mileage. If your commander is legendary and you're casting it more than once, this card belongs in the 99.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver
Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver is the defining home for Relic of Legends because Dargo himself becomes a free or near-free mana outlet — tapping for mana through Relic while the loop recycles him generates the colorless needed to keep the engine spinning.
Neerdiv, Devious Diver
Neerdiv, Devious Diver wants to cast and recast legendary creatures repeatedly, and Relic of Legends converts each legend entering the battlefield into an immediate mana credit, accelerating the chain rather than just supporting it.
Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge
Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge runs a high density of legendary permanents for the menace trigger and card draw, giving Relic of Legends a wide roster of creatures to tap for mana — the more legends you flood the board with, the more Relic punches above its weight.
Acererak the Archlich
Acererak the Archlich bounces itself until dungeons are complete, and Relic of Legends turns each Acererak recast into a mana-positive loop step rather than a pure cost — shaving the net mana required to reach the win condition.
Kona, Rescue Beastie
Kona, Rescue Beastie builds toward a board full of legendary creatures, and Relic of Legends scales linearly with that strategy — each legend entering tapped effectively reduces the cost of the next one.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Relic of Legends earns its keep: the commander is always a legendary creature, which means Relic is never a blank, and in any deck with additional legendary permanents it starts to look like ramp rather than fixing. Outside Commander, the card is legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but seeing essentially zero competitive play in those formats — legendary-creature-dense strategies in non-rotating formats tend to lean on faster or more redundant mana sources, and a three-mana artifact that enters tapped rarely makes that cut. Oathbreaker shares Commander's structure closely enough that the same logic applies: if your signature spell or planeswalker is legendary (and they always are), Relic of Legends has a reliable tap target from turn one.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Kilo, Apogee MindRelic of LegendsFreed from the Real
Infinite proliferate
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Ratadrabik of UrborgRelic of LegendsSamwise the Stouthearted
Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite colored mana
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Neerdiv, Devious DiverRelic of LegendsFreed from the Real
Infinite mill; Infinite self-mill
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Acererak the ArchlichRelic of LegendsHeartless Summoning
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite +1/+1 counters; Near-infinite colored mana; Near-infinite creature tokens; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifegain triggers; Near-infinite lifeloss; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite storm count; Near-infinite Treasure tokens; Near-infinite ventures into the dungeon
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Current price
$1.43 cheap tier
At $1.43, Relic of Legends sits firmly in the bulk-rare tier — cheap enough that there's no reason to proxy it or hunt for a budget replacement. Given its consistent demand across commander-focused builds and the lack of a functional reprint at a lower price point, it's unlikely to drop meaningfully lower.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.