The Endstone
Legendary Artifact
Whenever you play a land or cast a spell, draw a card.
At the beginning of your end step, your life total becomes half your starting life total, rounded up.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Edge of Eternities
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #3925
The Endstone puts a permanent, on-board effect into play that Sami, Wildcat Captain can exploit immediately — the impact is real the turn it lands. The cost is whatever the mana investment demands, and in the right shell that's a straightforward deal.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sami, Wildcat Captain
Sami, Wildcat Captain appears in over 57% of decks running The Endstone because the two pieces directly reinforce the same engine — Sami wants exactly what The Endstone provides, and that overlap explains the commanding synergy score.
Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor
Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor runs The Endstone in roughly 36% of builds, using it to fuel the artifact and invention-count payoffs that Lady Octopus cares about.
Teval, Arbiter of Virtue
Teval, Arbiter of Virtue picks up The Endstone in about 23% of lists, where its persistent effect lines up with Teval's virtue-trigger and value-accumulation game plan.
Tannuk, Steadfast Second
Tannuk, Steadfast Second slots The Endstone into just over 21% of builds, leveraging it as a durable resource that supports the steady, attrition-focused engine Tannuk rewards.
Mister Negative
Mister Negative shows up with The Endstone in roughly 17% of decks, where the card's on-board presence interacts favorably with the counter-manipulation and inversion effects Mister Negative generates.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
The Endstone is legal across every major constructed format — Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — though its natural home is Commander, where singleton rules let it shine as a unique effect rather than a four-of plan. In competitive non-rotating formats like Modern and Legacy, a card with this kind of permanent, incremental effect has to clear a high bar against faster threats, and The Endstone's ceiling there is niche at best. Commander is where it earns its slot: a 100-card singleton environment rewards unique, durable effects, and the 57% inclusion rate in Sami, Wildcat Captain decks confirms it's doing real work in the right shells. Pauper is the one format where it's off the table entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Current pricing data for The Endstone isn't available in the system, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number before buying. Given its strong Commander inclusion rate in Sami, Wildcat Captain builds, demand is real — don't assume it's bulk without verifying.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.