Sol Talisman
Artifact
Suspend 3—
(Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2
- Price
- $1.61
- EDHREC rank
- #2320
Sol Talisman enters tapped and suspends itself for two — frustrating on its face, but once it resolves it produces two colorless mana every turn for free, which is the same output as Sol Ring without the upfront cost. The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler decks run it at nearly 57% inclusion precisely because suspend counters and time counters are fuel, not a drawback.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler
Sol Talisman's suspend counters are exactly what The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler wants — the commander's triggered ability fires whenever you remove a counter from a suspended card, so the two turns Sol Talisman spends waiting are two free trigger windows before it even starts producing mana.
Alaundo the Seer
Alaundo the Seer exiles cards from the top of the library with time counters, and any suspend payoff or counter-removal effect makes Sol Talisman's waiting period a resource rather than a cost.
Jhoira of the Ghitu
Jhoira of the Ghitu suspends spells for four counters, so Sol Talisman fits naturally into a shell already built around waiting out the clock — the mana it produces once live helps cast whatever Jhoira suspends next.
Kellan, the Kid
Kellan, the Kid cares about artifacts entering the battlefield, and Sol Talisman is a cheap artifact that guarantees a future entry trigger the moment you cast it, making it an easy include in any Kellan list leaning on artifact synergies.
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds manipulates end steps and upkeeps, which creates windows to accelerate or skip the suspend counters on Sol Talisman — the result is a mana rock that can come down ahead of schedule in the right sequence.
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 |
Sol Talisman is a Commander card through and through — the two-turn delay is a real cost in faster formats, but across a 40-life multiplayer game where the early turns are rarely lethal, it functions as a zero-mana investment that pays two mana a turn for the rest of the game. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; Mox Opal, Mana Crypt, and outright broken fast mana leave no room for a rock that asks you to wait. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's pace that Sol Talisman is playable there too, especially in suspend or counter-manipulation shells. Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper don't have access to it, but that's no loss — those formats move too fast for suspend mana rocks regardless.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.61 cheap tier
At $1.61, Sol Talisman sits squarely in budget-staple territory — cheap enough to throw into any Commander deck without deliberating. It's a niche card with a devoted audience in suspend and counter-manipulation decks, so the price reflects steady demand rather than speculation.
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Sources
Mentioned
- The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler
- Alaundo the Seer
- Jhoira of the Ghitu
- Kellan, the Kid
- Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.