Thousand-Year Elixir
Thousand-Year Elixir: Artifact, Commander 2021. You may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Artifact
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander 2021 (C21)
- Released
- 2021-04-23
- Collector number
- 271
- Artist
- Richard Sardinha
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About Thousand-Year Elixir
Thousand-Year Elixir is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Commander 2021 (C21), a Commander product released in April 2021. It is collector number 271 in that set, with art by Richard Sardinha. It costs {3} (three generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Lorwyn (2007) to Special Guests (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $19.97 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
You may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste.
{1}, {T}: Untap target creature.
Paradoxically, to tilt the massive jug for a sip, you'd need the energy of the giant's tonic.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $19.97 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Thousand-Year Elixir by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Thousand-Year Elixir
Thousand-Year Elixir has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Special Guests (SPG) #148 | Mythic | 2026 |
| The List (PLST) #LRW-263 | Rare | 2022 |
| Commander Anthology (CMA) #236 | Rare | 2017 |
| Commander 2013 (C13) #266 | Rare | 2013 |
| Lorwyn (LRW) #263 | Rare | 2007 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Thousand-Year Elixir.
- Thousand-Year Elixir doesn’t actually grant haste to creatures you control, nor does it let you attack with them as though they had haste.
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