While they looked rather innocuous when first released, Treasure Tokens would quickly become one of the most powerful resource types in Magic’s newer era. Because of this, MTG’s best Treasure Commanders also encompass some of the best Commanders in the game.
By exploring the ‘what if’ possibilities of many legendary creatures, Reality Fracture may well add a new Commander to this roster. Creating 1/1 Treasure creatures whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Vraska, Soul of Stone has an incredible amount of potential.
MTG Vraska, Soul of Stone
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While Vraska, Soul of Stone has a ton of powerful synergies, many of them start with a Haste enabler. With cards like Alibou, Ancient Witness, Mass Hysteria, and Tannuk, Steadfast Second
Tannuk, Steadfast SecondOther creatures you control have haste.
Artifact cards and red creature cards in your hand have warp {2}{R}. (You may cast a card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile that permanent at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.) in play, the Treasure Sculpture tokens Vraska creates can both attack and generate mana immediately. If you don’t want to attack with your tokens, Thousand-Year Elixir
Thousand-Year ElixirYou may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste.
{1}, {T}: Untap target creature.-style effects can also work, allowing your Treasure creatures to create mana immediately.
Once you have a Haste enabler, the next thing Vraska needs is Skullclamp. Without summoning sickness, you can use your Treasures as mana to fuel Skullclamp’s equip, or as fodder to draw through your deck at ridiculous speeds. With tons of tutors like Cloud, Midgar Mercenary, Tezzeret, Cruel Captain, and Stoneforge Mystic
Stoneforge MysticWhen this creature enters, you may search your library for an Equipment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
{1}{W}, {T}: You may put an Equipment card from your hand onto the battlefield., Vraska should have no issue finding this card. The Hobbit’s Fateful Discovery can also draw an absurd amount of cards, but the mana value means it will come down later.
With a Haste Enabler and a draw engine online, all Vraska needs is a bunch of cheap, noncreature spells to cast, creating tons of tokens in the process. Phyrexian mana spells like Gitaxian Probe
Gitaxian Probe({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
Look at target player's hand.
Draw a card., or spells with free alternate costs like Snapback
SnapbackYou may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Return target creature to its owner's hand. are hard to beat here, but your Treasures can also fuel cantrips like Consider.
To further support your token creation, token doublers like Mondrak, Glory Dominus, or ability doublers like Roaming Throne
Roaming ThroneWard {2}
As this creature enters, choose a creature type.
This creature is the chosen type in addition to its other types.
If a triggered ability of another creature you control of the chosen type triggers, it triggers an additional time. can create tons of bodies. Bizarrely, because Vraska, Soul of Stone is a Wizard, the card gets a few extra ability-doubling effects, like Harmonic Prodigy
Harmonic ProdigyProwess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
If a triggered ability of a Shaman or another Wizard you control triggers, that ability triggers an additional time. and Wizard’s Staff
Wizard’s StaffEquipped creature has prowess. (Whenever its controller casts a noncreature spell, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
If a triggered ability of equipped creature triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.
Equip Wizard {1}
Equip {3}, to push this further.
Then, to maximize your mana output, Goldspan Dragon and Alchemist’s Talent
Alchemist’s Talent(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
When this Class enters, create two tapped Treasure tokens.
{1}{R}: Level 2
Treasures you control have "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add two mana of any one color."
{4}{R}: Level 3
Whenever you cast a spell, if mana from a Treasure was spent to cast it, this Class deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to each opponent. double the amount of mana your Treasures make. If you want to use your Treasure creatures for mana without sacrificing them, cards like Galazeth Prismari
Galazeth PrismariFlying
When Galazeth Prismari enters, create a Treasure token.
Artifacts you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell." and Inspiring Statuary can help you make mana and create a board at the same time.
With your engine established, all that’s left is finding a few ways to win the game. If you want to attack, Moonshaker Cavalry or Coat of Arms
Coat of ArmsEach creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature on the battlefield that shares at least one creature type with it. (For example, if two Goblin Warriors and a Goblin Shaman are on the battlefield, each gets +2/+2.) can easily make a board of Treasure Sculptures a lethal force. You can also borrow win conditions from more traditional Treasure strategies, using cards like Reckless Fireweaver
Reckless FireweaverWhenever an artifact you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent. to burn your opponent out with Vraska’s ability. Academy Manufactor
Academy ManufactorIf you would create a Clue, Food, or Treasure token, instead create one of each. can help push this over the edge, creating a nauseating amount of artifact tokens.
Since you’ll have access to tons of mana, too, Vraska can also build up to a massive Crackle With Power-style effect to end the game in one big flurry. Artifact-focused synergies are also on the table, allowing cards like Goblin Welder to cheat in big bombs like Portal to Phyrexia
Portal to PhyrexiaWhen this artifact enters, each opponent sacrifices three creatures of their choice.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It's a Phyrexian in addition to its other types., or just go infinite with Sewer-veillance Cam. There’s also some weird Sculpture Typal support, with cards like Doomed Artisan creating extremely beefy tokens to swing with.
Going Infinite
While you can easily win games with Vraska, Soul of Stone without going infinite, the card can easily assemble game-winning combos, too. For the most part, with a Haste enabler like Mass Hysteria online, Vraska just acts as a Storm-Kiln Artist, allowing her to pull off similar combos, so long as Magecraft isn’t required.
For example, Vraska can create infinite tokens with a Haste enabler, Pinnacle Monk, and Cloudshift available. With the Monk in play, Cloudshift it, creating a Hasty token in the process. The Monk will enter, grabbing Cloudshift from your graveyard, and you can tap Vraska’s token to recast it. With Reckless FireweaverReckless FireweaverWhenever an artifact you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent. to deal damage, or a token or ability doubler to create infinite tokens, this combo easily wins via infinite damage.
If you want to focus on pulling this combo off, it has an absurd amount of redundancy. Cloudshift, for example, can be replaced by Essence Flux or Splash Portal, giving you more Blink options. Similarly, you can replace Pinnacle Monk with all kinds of ETB cards that bring instants or sorceries back, like Archaeomancer
ArchaeomancerWhen this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. and Revolutionist.
While this combo is included in our sample list, it has no redundancy, which you can adjust in our MTG deckbuilder if you choose. Honestly, though, even without this combo, Vraska, Soul of Stone is an incredibly powerful Commander, especially with a Skullclamp focus.
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