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Stonespeaker Crystal

Artifact

{T}: Add {C}{C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile any number of target players' graveyards. Draw a card.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{4}
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
Price
$0.28
EDHREC rank
#3097
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Stonespeaker Crystal card art
Stonespeaker Crystal taps for two colorless mana or cracks to exile all cards from all graveyards and draw a card — that second mode is doing real work against reanimator and self-mill strategies. The cost is four mana to cast and one to activate the draw, which is steep, but Myr Welder and Ashling, Rekindled both abuse it enough to justify the slot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Ashling, Rekindled

54.5% of decks · synergy 0.52

Ashling, Rekindled recurs artifacts from the graveyard, which means Stonespeaker Crystal comes back repeatedly to reset graveyards and draw cards on demand — it's essentially a repeatable Relic of Progenitus stapled to your command zone engine.

02

The Emperor of Palamecia

41.3% of decks · synergy 0.39

The Emperor of Palamecia cares about spells and card advantage, and Stonespeaker Crystal gives colorless-heavy control builds a ramp piece that doubles as graveyard disruption with a cantrip attached.

03
Ovika, Enigma Goliath

Ovika, Enigma Goliath

22.8% of decks · synergy 0.20

Ovika, Enigma Goliath triggers off noncreature spells, so Stonespeaker Crystal's crack mode becomes a token-generating opportunity while simultaneously hosing any graveyard-based opposition.

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

Stonespeaker Crystal is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its real home is Commander — the singleton graveyard-hate effect is most valuable in a four-player pod where at least one opponent is usually doing something recursive. In Legacy and Vintage, dedicated hate pieces like Leyline of the Void or Tormod's Crypt do the same job cheaper and faster, so Stonespeaker Crystal doesn't compete there. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where it earns a genuine look, since artifact synergies and repeated graveyard disruption matter in a smaller game with faster win conditions.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

148 decks
Myr WelderStaff of DominationStonespeaker Crystal

Myr WelderStaff of DominationStonespeaker Crystal

Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite card draw; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite colorless mana

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Price Context

Current price

$0.28 bulk tier

At $0.28, Stonespeaker Crystal is deep bulk — you're paying for the effect, not the cardboard. Bulk rarely climbs without a breakout combo or a reprint driving visibility in the wrong direction, so don't expect this to move, but also don't hesitate to grab four copies for a dollar.

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