Tablet of Epityr
Artifact
Whenever an artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay 
. If you do, you gain 1 life.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Masters Edition IV
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #27995
Tablet of Epityr costs one mana and does nothing — it lets you look at the top card of your library and put it back, which is not card selection, it's confirmation bias. There is no shell in 2025 Magic where this effect justifies a deck slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Tablet of Epityr is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality is not an endorsement. In Legacy and Vintage, one-mana artifacts need to either accelerate mana or generate advantage — Tablet of Epityr does neither, and it doesn't see play. In Pauper, cantrips and actual card draw are plentiful enough that a do-nothing artifact has no home. Commander is the format most tolerant of fun-but-weak cards, and even there, the bar for a one-mana artifact that occupies a deck slot is higher than "look at your top card once."
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Tablet of Epityr isn't available in the current market snapshot, but as a card with no competitive application and negligible casual demand, copies typically surface in bulk bins at fractions of a dollar. There is no pressing reason to acquire one.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.