Tawnos's Coffin
Artifact
You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step.
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: Exile target creature and all Auras attached to it. Note the number and kind of counters that were on that creature. When this artifact leaves the battlefield or becomes untapped, return that exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control tapped with the noted number and kind of counters on it. If you do, return the other exiled cards to the battlefield under their owner's control attached to that permanent.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Antiquities
- Price
- $127.67
- EDHREC rank
- #23532
Tawnos's Coffin phases out a creature and removes it from the game state — erasing its triggered and activated abilities, resetting counters, and blanking auras — until it leaves or you choose to return the creature at end of turn. The cost is steep: five mana to cast plus two to activate each turn, which means you're investing heavily to either protect a key piece like Boonweaver Giant or lock down an opponent's threat indefinitely.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Tawnos's Coffin is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's almost exclusively a Commander card in practice. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a five-mana artifact that requires ongoing mana investment to maintain, and neither format needs this effect when cheaper disruption exists. In Commander, the recurring phase-out is genuinely unique — it protects your own creatures from board wipes, resets enter-the-battlefield triggers on demand, and can strand an opponent's commander in a phased-out limbo they can't easily escape.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Tawnos's CoffinBoonweaver GiantNature's ChosenTreachery
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Put all enchant creature Auras in your library onto the battlefield
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Tawnos's CoffinAuratouched MageNature's ChosenTreachery
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Put all enchant creature Auras in your library onto the battlefield
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Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Tawnos's Coffin's phase-out effect is functionally unique, but if the goal is creature protection, Conjurer's Closet does most of the work for under $2 — you get the end-of-turn flicker to reset ETB triggers, just without the opponent-targeting or the mid-combat safety net. For locking down specific threats, Darksteel Mutation or Imprisoned in the Moon run under $1 and strand commanders permanently, though they don't offer the reversibility or self-protection that makes Tawnos's Coffin genuinely distinct.
Price Context
Current price
$127.67 premium tier
At $127.67, Tawnos's Coffin sits firmly in premium territory — this is an old reserved list card, so the price reflects scarcity rather than raw power level. There is no reprint path, which means the floor is unlikely to collapse, but at this price you're paying a significant premium for a niche effect that most Commander decks can approximate for far less.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.