Sokenzan Smelter
Creature — Goblin Artificer
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay 
and sacrifice an artifact. If you do, create a 3/1 red Construct artifact creature token with haste.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #18028
Sokenzan Smelter turns any artifact sacrifice into a 3/1 Construct token on each of your turns, which compounds fast in decks that want both fodder and bodies. The cost is real — you're paying mana and a card every turn to sustain it — but in the right shell it runs itself.
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 |
In Commander, Sokenzan Smelter is a value engine rather than a threat, and it fits cleanly into artifact-sacrifice decks that already generate expendable artifacts as a byproduct. The token size — 3/1 — is relevant enough to attack with and wide enough to threaten in multiples. Outside Commander, Sokenzan Smelter is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, and Pioneer, but those formats move too fast for a three-mana enchantment that requires additional mana investment each turn to produce a single token — it simply doesn't compete with the efficiency those formats demand.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Sokenzan Smelter is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card with genuine synergy upside in Commander artifact decks. Don't expect the price to move; it's a common-tier casual piece that will stay in the bulk box.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.