Vessel of Endless Rest
Artifact
When this artifact enters, put target card from a graveyard on the bottom of its owner's library.
: Add one mana of any color.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2018
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #13133
Vessel of Endless Rest enters the battlefield and immediately puts a card from any graveyard on the bottom of its owner's library — relevant disruption stapled onto a mana rock that taps for any color. At three mana for a 0/4 that replaces itself in value, it earns its slot anywhere River Song or similar commanders want both fixing and graveyard interference on the same card.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
River Song
River Song wins by stacking the bottom of libraries, and Vessel of Endless Rest does double duty — it seeds an opponent's bottom while generating the colored mana River Song's activated ability demands.
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden cares deeply about what sits on the bottom of libraries, and Vessel of Endless Rest lets you manipulate an opponent's bottom while fixing mana — a clean two-for-one in a deck that punishes sloppy library positioning.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Vessel of Endless Rest is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker — broad enough that it sees play wherever three-mana rocks with upside are welcome. Commander is where it does the most work, since 100-card singleton makes any-color fixing more valuable and the graveyard clause has legitimate targets in a four-player game. In Pauper it's a common-legal mana rock with a relevant enters trigger, which earns it consideration in slower artifact or control shells. Legacy and Vintage have better options at every step, so Vessel of Endless Rest doesn't factor there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Vessel of Endless Rest is deep bulk — this is a card you pull from a commons box, not one you track down. Bulk commons with narrow appeal don't tend to spike, so expect the price to stay flat unless a future commander pushes the bottom-of-library archetype into the mainstream.
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Sources
Mentioned
- River Song
- Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.