Scepter of Insight
Artifact
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- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Conflux
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #28976
Scepter of Insight gives you one card per turn for four mana, and that's the ceiling — no upside, no ceiling removal, no interaction. Cheaper, faster draw engines exist at nearly every budget, and four mana for a slow drip is a cost Commander rarely lets you get away with.
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 |
Scepter of Insight is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, the format where slow card advantage artifacts occasionally earn a slot, four mana for one card per turn falls well short of Howling Mine, Phyrexian Arena, or The One Ring. In Legacy and Vintage, the card doesn't register — those formats end before the Scepter pays back its investment. Oathbreaker is the one context where a low-interaction casual table might let this grind value, but even there you can do better for the same mana.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Scepter of Insight is bulk — you're not paying for the card, you're paying for the sleeve. That price reflects demand accurately: the effect is outclassed often enough that the market has no reason to value it higher.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.