Vessel of Ephemera
Enchantment
, Sacrifice this enchantment: Create two 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #26323
Vessel of Ephemera enters the battlefield and immediately creates two 1/1 white Spirit tokens with flying, giving you a two-for-one body split that pressures the board from turn two. The two-mana flash enchantment cost is essentially free value — you're paying a white and a colorless for an instant-speed token doubler that also sticks around as an enchantment for any synergy that cares.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Vessel of Ephemera earns its slot in any token-go-wide or aristocrats shell that runs white — the flash timing lets you deploy it on an opponent's end step and untap with two flying bodies already in play. Pauper is where it's most competitively interesting: white token strategies at common density are real, and an on-curve two-drop that replaces itself with two threats is exactly the kind of card that wins attrition wars. In Pioneer and Modern it's outclassed by more efficient token generators, but Vessel of Ephemera remains a perfectly fine budget substitute in casual builds of those formats. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Vessel of Ephemera is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar box or ordering a playset for less than a coffee. There's no meaningful price floor to worry about; buy as many copies as your token decks need and don't think twice about it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.