Prismatic Geoscope

Prismatic Geoscope card image

Prismatic Geoscope: Artifact, Commander 2016. This artifact enters tapped. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{5}
Mana value
5
Type
Artifact
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander 2016 (C16)
Released
2016-11-11
Collector number
55
Artist
Steven Belledin
Commander rank
16,574 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Domain

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About Prismatic Geoscope

Prismatic Geoscope is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Commander 2016 (C16), a Commander product released in November 2016. It is collector number 55 in that set, with art by Steven Belledin. It costs {5} (five generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Commander 2016 (2016) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.21 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

This artifact enters tapped.

Domain - {T}: Add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.21 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Prismatic Geoscope by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Prismatic Geoscope

Prismatic Geoscope has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #C16-55Rare2020
Judge Gift Cards 2017 (J17) #6Rare2017
Treasure Chest (PZ2) #71Rare2016

Official rulings

Seven official rulings apply to Prismatic Geoscope, newest first.

  • You can activate Prismatic Geoscope's mana ability if you have no basic land types among lands you control, but it won't produce any mana.
  • The colors of mana that Prismatic Geoscope can produce aren't related to the specific basic land types among lands you control. For example, if you control a Plains and an Island, you can activate Prismatic Geoscope's ability to add {R}{G}.
  • To determine the number of basic land types among lands you control, look for the Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest subtypes among the lands you control. Count each subtype that appears one or more times toward the number of basic land types among lands you control. This number can't exceed five.
  • How many lands you control of a particular basic land type is irrelevant to a domain ability, as long as that number is greater than zero. As far as domain is concerned, ten Forests are the same as one Forest.
  • Prismatic Geoscope can't produce colorless mana.
  • Most nonbasic lands don't have basic land types, even if they produce colored mana. For example, Caves of Koilos is neither a Plains nor a Swamp.
  • Some nonbasic lands do have basic land types. Domain abilities don't count the number of lands you control-they count the number of basic land types among lands you control, even if that means checking the same land twice. For example, if you control a Tundra, a Blood Crypt, and a Forest, you'll have a Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest among the lands you control. Your domain abilities will be maxed out.

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