Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII
Artifact — Book
As this artifact enters, choose white Citizen, blue Camarid, black Thrull, red Goblin, or green Saproling.
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: Create a 1/1 creature token of the chosen color and type.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Price
- $0.49
- EDHREC rank
- #20787
Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII lets you name a token type at the start of the game, then pay three mana and tap it each turn to create one of that token — a slow, expensive engine that asks a lot and delivers a single 1/1 per turn cycle. The cost is too steep for competitive tables, but in casual token-doubler shells it becomes a repeatable threat that opponents eventually have to answer.
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, Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII lives in dedicated token decks where you can name Saproling, Goblin, or whatever type your commander rewards, then back it up with doublers like Doubling Season to make the three-mana tap worthwhile. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — no competitive deck there wants a three-mana artifact that produces one token per turn when faster options exist at every point on the curve. Modern is the same story: the rate is too slow without a shell built specifically to exploit it. Oathbreaker follows Commander logic, so the same token-doubler argument applies at a smaller table scale.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.49 bulk tier
At $0.49, Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII is firmly bulk — you're paying for a casual novelty, not a staple. The price is stable because demand is low and narrow; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.