Thran Foundry
Artifact
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, Exile this artifact: Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- World Championship Decks 1999
- Price
- $0.46
- EDHREC rank
- #20005
Thran Foundry shuffles any graveyard into its owner's library for two mana — repeatable, at instant speed, and symmetric in that it targets any player's yard. It's a niche piece of graveyard hate that trades raw efficiency for reusability, making it a fit for decks that need ongoing disruption rather than a one-shot answer.
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 |
In Commander, Thran Foundry fills a specific niche: repeatable graveyard hate that never runs out, which matters in long games where a single Rest in Peace would get removed and a Tormod's Crypt gets cashed in once. The two-mana activation is slow enough that dedicated graveyard decks can often outpace it, so it works best as a supplemental piece alongside faster hate rather than a standalone answer. In Legacy and Vintage, the card is legal but sees essentially no play — one-shot options like Surgical Extraction and Leyline of the Void are simply more efficient at the mana investment that format demands. Thran Foundry's home is Commander, and only in metas where graveyard recursion is persistent enough to justify the cumulative activation cost.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.46 bulk tier
At $0.46, Thran Foundry is deep bulk — you're paying for function, not scarcity. It holds that floor because the demand is narrow: graveyard-hate slots in Commander usually go to faster or cheaper options first, so Thran Foundry only gets picked up when a deck specifically wants the repeatable effect.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.