White Mana Battery
Artifact
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- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Renaissance
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #27080
White Mana Battery lets you bank excess white mana across turns and spend it in a burst — useful in theory, clunky in practice. The three-mana entry cost plus a tap to charge means it takes multiple turns before it does anything a land couldn't, and in Commander that tempo loss rarely pays off.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
White Mana Battery is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees virtually no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, the appeal is obvious — long games with big spells — but three mana for an artifact that charges one counter at a time is too slow when Llanowar Elves and Sol Ring exist. Legacy and Vintage move far too fast for a mana storage artifact to matter. Oathbreaker is the one shell where a dedicated white storm or X-spell deck might theoretically squeeze value out of White Mana Battery, but even there better options exist.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't currently available for White Mana Battery, which itself signals where it stands — this is a bulk-bin artifact from an older era with little demand. If you're picking one up for a casual or nostalgia build, expect to pay very little, but don't expect White Mana Battery to hold or gain value over time.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.