Trigon of Thought
Artifact
This artifact enters with three charge counters on it.
, 
: Put a charge counter on this artifact.
, , Remove a charge counter from this artifact: Draw a card.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #28525
Trigon of Thought gives you a reusable draw engine that refills its own charge counters — five mana to set up, two blue to activate, and you can keep going as long as you can fuel it. The setup cost is real, but any deck that can generate blue mana reliably gets repeatable card advantage on an artifact that dodges enchantment removal.
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 where Trigon of Thought has its only real home — long games, high mana availability, and a format full of artifact synergies make the charge-counter model worthwhile. In Legacy, Modern, or Vintage, the combination of a five-mana entry and a two-mana activation per draw is simply too slow against formats that end the game before you get value. It's legal in those formats, but no competitive list wants it. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's slower pace that it could technically slot in, though the smaller starting hand size makes raw card draw even more contested there.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Trigon of Thought is deep bulk — you're paying essentially nothing for a functional card draw artifact. That price won't move; it's a casual-only card with no competitive demand to push it upward.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.