Pillar of Origins

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Pillar of Origins: Artifact, Commander Masters. As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Tap: Add one mana of any color. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}
Mana value
2
Type
Artifact
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Commander Masters (CMM)
Released
2023-08-04
Collector number
970
Artist
Dimitar Marinski
Commander rank
5,890 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Pillar of Origins

Pillar of Origins is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon colourless artifact from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 970 in that set, with art by Dimitar Marinski. It costs {2} (two generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Ixalan (2017) to Commander Masters (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.66 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.

{T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.66 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Pillar of Origins by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Pillar of Origins

Pillar of Origins has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Ixalan (XLN) #241Uncommon2017

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Pillar of Origins.

  • To choose a creature type, you must choose an existing creature type, such as Vampire or Knight. You can’t choose multiple creature types, such as “Vampire Knight.” Card types such as artifact can’t be chosen, nor can subtypes that aren’t creature types, such as Jace, Vehicle, or Treasure.

Similar cards

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Pillar of Origins is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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