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Vat of Rebirth

Artifact

Whenever another artifact or creature you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put an oil counter on this artifact.
{2}{B}, {T}, Remove four oil counters from this artifact: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Phyrexia: All Will Be One
Price
$0.38
EDHREC rank
#2403
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Vat of Rebirth card art
Vat of Rebirth converts the token fodder that artifact decks generate naturally into a late-game recursion engine — one mana activation returns any creature from your graveyard, which is backbreaking when that creature is Myr Battlesphere. The one-mana equip-style cost is negligible; the real ask is keeping your graveyard stocked, which commanders like Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist do automatically.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist

Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist

27.4% of decks · synergy 0.24

Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist is the natural home: she exiles creatures to make Phyrexian Mite tokens, which means Vat of Rebirth charges up every time she does her thing, then cashes out to rebuy whatever threat just died.

02
Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos

Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos

25.7% of decks · synergy 0.23

Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos floods the board with Phyrexian tokens as creatures get corrupted and die, giving Vat of Rebirth a constant charge source while the deck's high creature turnover guarantees valuable recursion targets.

03
Burakos, Party LeaderFolk Hero

Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero

25.4% of decks · synergy 0.23

Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero runs a dense creature suite across multiple creature types, so Vat of Rebirth slots in as insurance — whenever a key party member dies, it comes back for one mana.

04
Ziatora, the Incinerator

Ziatora, the Incinerator

24.6% of decks · synergy 0.22

Ziatora, the Incinerator sacrifices a creature every combat for three Treasure tokens, so Vat of Rebirth charges effortlessly and turns the engine into a loop: fling, charge, rebuy, repeat.

05
Vazi, Keen Negotiator

Vazi, Keen Negotiator

24.8% of decks · synergy 0.22

Vazi, Keen Negotiator generates Treasure and Gift tokens at a rapid pace, and Vat of Rebirth reads those artifact tokens as charge counters, turning political token generation into a reliable recursion outlet.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Vat of Rebirth earns its slot — artifact-token strategies in EDH generate enough incidental fodder to charge it without any dedicated support, and a one-mana creature recursion effect at any point in the late game is exactly the kind of attrition tool 100-card singleton wants. In Modern and Pioneer, the Constructed bar is higher: two mana to deploy plus setup time makes it too slow against linear decks, and most fair decks prefer recursion that doesn't require counters. Legacy and Vintage have the card quality to generate artifact tokens quickly, but also have access to strictly more powerful graveyard engines, so Vat of Rebirth sits on the outside looking in there too. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander logic — artifact-heavy signatures can charge it fast enough that the payoff is real.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.38 bulk tier

At $0.38, Vat of Rebirth is firmly bulk, and the price reflects its narrow niche rather than any lack of power in the right shell. It's not a card that pressures your collection budget, so if your commander cares about artifact tokens, there's no reason not to slot it in.

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