Weathered Runestone
Artifact
Nonland permanent cards in graveyards and libraries can't enter the battlefield.
Players can't cast spells from graveyards or libraries.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Kaldheim
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #7645
Weathered Runestone shuts off libraries, graveyards, and exile zones as sources for casting — all on a two-mana artifact that costs nothing to maintain once it lands. In shells that want to lock opponents out of non-hand play, Lavinia, Azorius Renegade included, this is one of the cleanest pieces of passive disruption available.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
Lavinia, Azorius Renegade already taxes spells cast without paying their mana costs; Weathered Runestone closes the door on flash-back, cascade, and suspend lines that Lavinia's text doesn't cover, making the lock meaningfully tighter.
Slicer, Hired Muscle
Slicer, Hired Muscle lends itself to Voltron-style aggro that has no interest in graveyard or library tricks — Weathered Runestone punishes opponents who rely on those zones while costing Slicer's controller almost nothing in a deck that wins through combat anyway.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Weathered Runestone fills a specific role: cheap, permanent, non-targeted disruption that punishes reanimator, cascade, and graveyard-value strategies without requiring any activation. It's legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage, but those formats move too fast and too linearly for a two-mana do-nothing-offensive artifact to compete — graveyard hate in those formats needs to be faster or more aggressive, like a Tormod's Crypt or Rest in Peace. Commander is where Weathered Runestone actually earns its slot, particularly in stax and prison strategies where the cumulative weight of many passive locks matters more than any single effect.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Weathered Runestone is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or cheap online order. That price reflects its narrow demand rather than any weakness in the effect; if hatebear and stax strategies see a spike in Commander popularity, don't expect the number to move meaningfully.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
- Slicer, Hired Muscle
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.