Elementalist's Palette
Elementalist's Palette: Artifact, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Artifact
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 346
- Artist
- Alessandra Pisano
- Commander rank
- 4,033 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Elementalist's Palette
Elementalist's Palette is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 346 in that set, with art by Alessandra Pisano. It costs {3} (three generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Commander 2021 (2021) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.38 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Whenever you cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost, put two charge counters on this artifact.
{T}: Add one mana of any color.
{T}: Add {C} for each charge counter on this artifact. Spend this mana only on costs that contain {X}.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.38 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Elementalist's Palette by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Elementalist's Palette
Elementalist's Palette has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #90332 | Rare | 2021 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) #403 | Rare | 2021 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) #76 | Rare | 2021 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Elementalist's Palette, newest first.
- If you cast a spell with multiple {X} mana symbols in its cost, the first ability triggers only once.
- The mana added by the last ability can be used only to pay costs with at least one {X}, but it can be used to pay for any part of that cost, not just the {X}. That {X} could be in a spell's total cost, an ability's activation cost, or a cost you're asked to pay as a spell or ability resolves.
- The mana added by the last ability doesn't all have to spent on the same cost.
Similar cards
Other artifact cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Elementalist's Palette is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.