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Urn of Godfire

Artifact

{2}: Add one mana of any color.
{6}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy target creature or enchantment.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{1}
Color identity
C
Rarity
common
Set
March of the Machine
Price
$0.11
EDHREC rank
#15924
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Urn of Godfire card art
Urn of Godfire enters with a charge counter, taps to add one mana of any color, and can sacrifice itself to deal 3 damage to a creature or planeswalker — the floor is a slow Mox, the ceiling is a free removal spell stapled to it. The cost is real: three mana for a one-shot rock with no repeatable output is a steep ask when Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher and similar activated-ability commanders can squeeze extra value from the tap, but outside those shells it rarely makes the cut.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Urn of Godfire is a role-player, not a staple — it slots into activated-ability decks that can untap or retrigger it, where the colored mana and built-in removal justify the three-mana entry. Outside of those synergy shells, a Talisman or even a Fellwar Stone outclasses it on rate. In Pauper it competes in a format full of efficient commons and rarely sees play, though budget artifact-matters brews will occasionally pick it up. Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Pioneer are all technically legal but have no realistic shell that wants Urn of Godfire over faster, more consistent options.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.11 bulk tier

At $0.11, Urn of Godfire is pure bulk — grab a copy without thinking about it. Price movement is essentially impossible; this sits in the range where demand would need to multiply many times over to register any change.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.