The Mana Rig
Legendary Artifact
Whenever you cast a multicolored spell, create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "
: Add 
. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")
, : Look at the top X cards of your library. Put up to two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Dominaria United Commander
- Price
- $0.82
- EDHREC rank
- #17163
The Mana Rig enters tapped and does nothing that turn, but once it's online it taps for any color of mana and creates a 0/0 Construct token with a +1/+1 counter each time you cast a spell — that's ramp, creature production, and color fixing on one card. The five-mana cost is steep, but the payoff is real in artifact and go-wide strategies where both halves matter.
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 |
The Mana Rig is a Commander card through and through — the five-mana investment and enters-tapped penalty are liabilities that 60-card formats punish hard, and it sees essentially no Legacy or Vintage play despite being legal in both. In Commander, it earns its slot in artifact-heavy decks where you're casting multiple spells per turn, often ending games with a wide board of Constructs that scaled up over several turns of development. Outside of dedicated artifact strategies, it's too slow and too conditional to displace staple ramp.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.82 bulk tier
At $0.82, The Mana Rig sits in bulk territory — cheap enough to throw in any artifact deck without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow appeal tend to stay flat, so don't expect movement unless a future commander dramatically spikes demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.