Wand of the Elements
Artifact
, Sacrifice an Island: Create a 2/2 blue Elemental creature token with flying., Sacrifice a Mountain: Create a 3/3 red Elemental creature token.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Darksteel
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #29459
Wand of the Elements puts two 4/4 Elemental tokens on the board — one blue, one red — for four mana plus two sacrificed lands, a steep resource cost for bodies that arrive without haste or evasion. Unless your deck is built to abuse land sacrifice or token payoffs, the math doesn't clear.
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 |
Wand of the Elements is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive Constructed formats will never touch it — four mana plus two lands for two 4/4s is unplayable when those formats demand immediate, efficient pressure. Commander is the only realistic home, and even there Wand of the Elements earns its slot only in dedicated land-sacrifice or Elemental-tribal builds where the lands being fed to it have already paid dividends through Landfall or draw triggers. In Oathbreaker the card is legal but the 20-life format and tighter decklists make the resource drain even harder to justify.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Wand of the Elements is deep bulk — the price reflects its narrow application rather than any hidden value. It won't climb without a high-profile reprint placement or a new commander that makes land sacrifice trivially free, neither of which is predictable.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.