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Artifact
LegalRampRank #572
: Add one mana of any color.
Tap an untapped legendary creature you control: Add one mana of any color.
Why is this card good?
Relic of Legends is a mana rock with a relevant upside: it can tap your legendary creatures for any color, turning your board into a ramp engine.
In Commander, every deck has at least one legendary creature (your commander), so this is never fully dead. But it shines in legendary-matters decks — think Kethis, Sisay, Jodah, or any deck packed with legendary creatures. There it acts as a Cradle-lite, converting your wide legendary board into colored mana to dump into expensive bombs or abilities.
It pairs especially well with creatures that have tap abilities or untap effects, and with decks that flicker or reuse legends. Activating it doesn't require those creatures to be untapped from summoning sickness in the usual way — wait, it does need them untapped, so it rewards a developed board.
Skip it in low-legend decks; there it's just a vanilla 3-mana rock that's strictly worse than Arcane Signet or a Talisman. The legendary clause needs to matter for it to earn a slot.
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Printings (3)
Played by these commanders
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed100% of 2
Combos (8)
- Kilo, Apogee Mind + Relic of Legends + Freed from the Real
→ Infinite proliferate
- Kilo, Apogee Mind + Relic of Legends + Pemmin's Aura
→ Infinite proliferate
- Ratadrabik of Urborg + Relic of Legends + Samwise the Stouthearted
→ Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers, Infinite storm count
- Neerdiv, Devious Diver + Relic of Legends + Freed from the Real
→ Infinite mill, Infinite self-mill
- Acererak the Archlich + Relic of Legends + Heartless Summoning
→ Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite +1/+1 counters
- Neerdiv, Devious Diver + Relic of Legends + Pemmin's Aura
→ Infinite mill, Infinite self-mill
Rulings (1)
- 2022-09-09
You can tap any untapped legendary creature you control, including one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn, to pay the cost of Relic of Legends's activated ability.