Wishing Well
Artifact
: Put a coin counter on this artifact. When you do, you may cast target instant or sorcery card with mana value equal to the number of coin counters on this artifact from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Bloomburrow Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #10729
Wishing Well is a two-mana artifact that generates value through a coin-flip mechanic, pairing cleanly with Neerdiv, Devious Diver and other chaos-adjacent engines that reward repeated chance manipulation. The cost is real — without a dedicated flicker or coin-flip synergy shell, the ceiling is low and the card does nothing on its own.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Neerdiv, Devious Diver
Neerdiv, Devious Diver is the natural home for Wishing Well — Neerdiv's ability to manipulate or reward coin flips means every activation of Wishing Well feeds directly into the engine rather than just spinning wheels.
Alania, Divergent Storm
Alania, Divergent Storm cares about copying instants and sorceries and generating chaotic value, and Wishing Well slots in as a cheap repeatable trigger that keeps the random-outcomes theme firing each turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Wishing Well is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the format that actually wants it is Commander. In longer, multiplayer games the incremental value of a repeatable coin-flip artifact compounds in ways that 60-card formats — where games end too quickly for low-ceiling permanents to pay off — simply don't support. In Commander specifically, it earns a slot in dedicated chaos or coin-flip decks and nowhere else; outside that context, two mana and a card is too steep an ask for effects this variance-dependent. Pauper is the one format where it's not legal, though that's unlikely to matter given how narrow the card already plays.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Wishing Well isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the current market rate. Given its niche application, it's unlikely to command a premium outside of targeted buyouts tied to a new coin-flip commander release.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.