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Sceptre of Eternal Glory

Legendary Artifact

{T}: Add one mana of any color.
{T}: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only if you control three or more lands with the same name.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{4}
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
Warhammer 40,000 Commander
Price
$20.60
EDHREC rank
#2255
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Sceptre of Eternal Glory card art
Sceptre of Eternal Glory taps for two mana of any color your commander produces, which in the right shell means you're generating free resources every turn your commander sits in play. Imotekh the Stormlord and Trazyn the Infinite both run it at above 60% inclusion rates because that kind of persistent mana advantage compounds fast — this isn't a win-condition, it's the engine that funds them.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Imotekh the Stormlord

Imotekh the Stormlord

76.0% of decks · synergy 0.68

Imotekh the Stormlord appears in nearly 76% of decks that run Sceptre of Eternal Glory, and the reason is simple: Imotekh wants to go wide with tokens and then go big with activated abilities, and the Sceptre turns his presence in the command zone into a repeatable mana subsidy that makes all of it cheaper.

02
Trazyn the Infinite

Trazyn the Infinite

61.9% of decks · synergy 0.54

Trazyn the Infinite copies artifacts in the graveyard, so every Sceptre of Eternal Glory activation funds the next imprint target — the card slots naturally into his artifact-centric gameplan as both ramp and role-player.

03
Valgavoth, Terror Eater

Valgavoth, Terror Eater

32.7% of decks · synergy 0.24

Valgavoth, Terror Eater taxes opponents for playing on your turn, and Sceptre of Eternal Glory keeps the mana pressure on by converting Valgavoth's presence into free resources, letting you deploy threats or interaction without dipping into your lands.

04

Clive, Ifrit's Dominant

16.4% of decks · synergy 0.13

Clive, Ifrit's Dominant cares about building toward big, splashy plays, and Sceptre of Eternal Glory accelerates that timeline by producing extra mana each turn Clive is on the board — straightforward ramp that matches his gameplan.

05
Ardyn, the Usurper

Ardyn, the Usurper

19.5% of decks · synergy 0.11

Ardyn, the Usurper runs a control-adjacent game that benefits from having mana up on opponents' turns, and Sceptre of Eternal Glory helps supply it without requiring additional land drops.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Sceptre of Eternal Glory belongs — the card's design is essentially parasitic on having a commander in play, which makes the 99-card singleton format its natural home. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but functionally irrelevant; those formats have no command zone mechanic, so the Sceptre just reads as a three-mana artifact that taps for two, which is not a competitive rate. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where it earns its slot, since the planeswalker-as-commander structure gives it the same anchor it needs. Everywhere else it's simply not legal.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Gilded Lotus produces three mana and costs around $1–2, which is the closest you'll get to Sceptre of Eternal Glory's output without the commander dependency — you lose the color flexibility tied to your commander's identity, but you gain reliability since it doesn't care whether your commander is in play. Commander's Sphere is cheaper still and replaces itself when sacrificed, though at one mana per activation it's a real step down in power; it's a fine placeholder if $20 is a barrier but not a long-term substitute.

Price Context

Current price

$20.60 premium tier

At $20.60, Sceptre of Eternal Glory sits in the premium tier for a utility artifact with no rate outside its specific niche. It holds that price because demand is concentrated in the Warhammer 40K commander space — pull it if you're not running Imotekh the Stormlord or a similarly commander-anchored deck, because at this price the opportunity cost is real.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.