Triskelion

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Triskelion: Artifact Creature - Construct, March of the Machine Commander. This creature enters with three +1/+1 counters on it. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{6}
Mana value
6
Type
Artifact Creature - Construct
Colour identity
Colourless
Power / toughness
1/1
Rarity
Rare
Set
March of the Machine Commander (MOC)
Released
2023-04-21
Collector number
387
Artist
Christopher Moeller
Commander rank
4,691 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Triskelion

Triskelion is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact creature from March of the Machine Commander (MOC), a Commander product released in April 2023. It is collector number 387 in that set, with art by Christopher Moeller. It costs {6} (six generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 1/1 creature. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 12 sets, from Antiquities (1994) to March of the Machine Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.33 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

This creature enters with three +1/+1 counters on it.

Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

"Why do bad things always come in threes?" -Gisulf, expedition survivor

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.33 (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 Triskelion by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PremodernLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Triskelion

Triskelion has been printed in 12 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2371Rare2026
Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #236Rare2023
Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #389Rare2023
Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #452Rare2023
The List (PLST) #M11-218Rare2020
Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret (DDF) #57Rare2010
Magic 2011 (M11) #218Rare2010
Mirrodin (MRD) #269Rare2003
Renaissance (REN) #162Uncommon1995
Rinascimento (RIN) #142Uncommon1995
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border (4BB) #354Rare1995
Fourth Edition (4ED) #354Rare1995

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Triskelion, newest first.

  • If you activate the ability of an attacking or blocking Triskelion during the declare blockers step, it will deal less combat damage as a result. If you wait until the combat damage step, but Triskelion is dealt lethal damage, it’ll be destroyed before you get a chance to activate its ability.
  • If Triskelion has damage marked on it, activating its ability may cause that damage to become lethal. For example, say a Triskelion with two +1/+1 counters on it has been dealt 2 damage earlier in the turn. If you activate its ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, it now has 2 toughness and is destroyed as a state-based action. You won’t be able to remove the other +1/+1 counter from it to activate its ability again. The first activation of the ability will still resolve.

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