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Storm-Kiln Artist

Creature — Dwarf Shaman

This creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
The List
Price
$2.84
EDHREC rank
#217
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Storm-Kiln Artist card art
Storm-Kiln Artist turns every instant and sorcery into a Treasure, so a single Seething Song doesn't just make mana — it pays for itself and leaves change on the table. The Howling Abomination decks run it at nearly 73% inclusion because the synergy is that naked: cast spells, make Treasures, cast more spells.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
The Howling Abomination

The Howling Abomination

73.0% of decks · synergy 0.71

The Howling Abomination forces both players to cast spells rapidly, and Storm-Kiln Artist converts every one of your triggers into a Treasure — the engine practically runs itself.

02
Storm, Force of Nature

Storm, Force of Nature

78.7% of decks · synergy 0.67

Storm, Force of Nature rewards high spell counts with cascading triggers, and Storm-Kiln Artist provides the Treasure acceleration that lets you keep chaining spells through a long turn.

03
Feather, the Redeemed

Feather, the Redeemed

74.0% of decks · synergy 0.67

Feather, the Redeemed loops instants back to hand every turn, which means Storm-Kiln Artist generates a Treasure on each cast and on each recurrence — repeated draw-step plays become genuine mana profit.

04

Urabrask

81.6% of decks · synergy 0.67

Urabrask gives opponents impulse draw while taxing their spells, and Storm-Kiln Artist converts your own unimpeded casts into Treasures that widen the mana gap each turn.

05
Ashling, Flame Dancer

Ashling, Flame Dancer

79.6% of decks · synergy 0.65

Ashling, Flame Dancer rewards instants and sorceries with magecraft triggers that pump her power, and Storm-Kiln Artist stacks on top of that same trigger to make each spell also advance your mana for the next one.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Storm-Kiln Artist does its best work — spell-heavy strategies at the 100-card table generate enough magecraft triggers to turn Treasure production into a genuine second engine rather than an occasional bonus. In Modern and Pioneer the card sees fringe play in storm-adjacent shells, but two mana for a 1/3 body is a steep ask in those formats when you need critical mass on turn two or three. Legacy has faster and more redundant ways to generate storm count, so Storm-Kiln Artist rarely makes the cut there either. Oathbreaker is an interesting middle ground: the lower starting life total and faster games reward the same spell-chain lines that make it good in Commander.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

23,739 decks
Storm-Kiln ArtistSeething SongReiterate

Storm-Kiln ArtistSeething SongReiterate

Infinite colored mana; Infinite copies of instant and sorcery spells on the stack; Infinite power for any creature; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite Treasure tokens

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23,235 decks
Storm-Kiln ArtistHaze of Rage

Storm-Kiln ArtistHaze of Rage

Infinite colored mana; Infinitely powerful creatures you control until end of turn; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite Treasure tokens

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Price Context

Current price

$2.84 cheap tier

At $2.84, Storm-Kiln Artist sits in the sweet spot where it's cheap enough to slot into any budget build but priced fairly for what it does — expect it to stay in this range as long as spell-storm commanders remain popular in Commander.

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