Whetwheel
Artifact
, 
: Target player mills X cards.
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Future Sight
- Price
- $0.40
- EDHREC rank
- #25624
Whetwheel mills X cards for each mana you sink into it, scaling as high as your mana pool allows — the payoff is real, but the cost is brutal in a format where one-shot mill rarely keeps pace with 40-card libraries. Run it only if you're generating enough mana to make the X genuinely threatening in a single activation.
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 |
Whetwheel is a Commander card first and almost exclusively — 40-card libraries make large-X activations meaningful, and the format's access to infinite or near-infinite mana combos gives it a real ceiling. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but wildly outclassed by dedicated mill pieces that cost a fraction of the mana for a fixed, efficient effect. Modern is the same story: the format moves too fast for a slow, mana-hungry artifact to matter. Oathbreaker is the one other home worth considering, where the smaller starting library and Commander-style mana ramp let Whetwheel threaten a kill in a single turn if your signature spell generates enough mana.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.40 bulk tier
At $0.40, Whetwheel is pure bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the power level. It's unlikely to appreciate given its narrow application and the depth of competition in the mill space, but at this price there's no reason not to pick one up if the deck calls for it.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.