Throne of Empires
Artifact
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: Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token. Create five of those tokens instead if you control artifacts named Crown of Empires and Scepter of Empires.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Price
- $0.38
- EDHREC rank
- #18618
Throne of Empires puts up to five 1/1 Soldier tokens on board every turn for just one mana — provided you control the other two pieces of the cycle. The setup cost is real, but once the engine is running, it generates more tokens per turn than almost anything else at this mana investment.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Throne of Empires is genuinely at home — four players means more opponents to count for the token production, and artifact-tribal or token-doubler support is widely available. In Legacy or Vintage, it's technically legal but the three-card setup requirement is impossibly slow against the format's threats. Oathbreaker shares Commander's multiplayer structure, so the same token-engine logic applies at a smaller game size.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Throne of EmpiresScepter of EmpiresCrown of EmpiresFiligree SagesPhyrexian Altar
Gain control of all creatures; Infinite colored mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite damage; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana artifacts you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of artifacts you control
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Throne of EmpiresScepter of EmpiresCrown of EmpiresFiligree SagesEarthcraft
Gain control of all creatures; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite damage; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana artifacts you control can produce; Infinite mana basic lands you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of artifacts you control; Infinite untap of basic lands you control
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.38 bulk tier
At $0.38, Throne of Empires is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that can generate serious board presence in the right shell. That price is unlikely to move unless a token-themed precon or reprint drives renewed interest, so picking up copies now costs essentially nothing.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.