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Chromatic Lantern card art (msc-195), Magic: The Gathering MSC

Illustrated by Rytis Sabaliauskas

Marvel Super Heroes Commander

Chromatic Lantern

MSC #195 · Jun 26, 2026

Type
Artifact
Mana cost
3
Mana value
3
Rarity
rare

Lands you control have "T: Add one mana of any color." T: Add one mana of any color.

After the thirteenth time Reed Richards overloaded the New York City electric grid, he built the Baxter Building its own power supply.

Chromatic Lantern is a rare Artifact from Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC #195).

TCGplayer price snapshot: $0.98

Price as of 2026-11-03. Treat this as a dated price snapshot, not as a live or settled market price.

Format legality

Standard
Not Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Not Legal
Brawl
Legal

Card notes: Chromatic Lantern

Chromatic Lantern is a {3} artifact that gives lands you control the ability to tap for one mana of any color, and it can also tap to add one mana of any color. The ruling says your lands keep their other abilities and do not gain or lose land types. Scryfall lists it legal in Commander and Modern, with 39 printings. EDHREC lists it in 867,360 of 10,490,972 decks it could fit.

  • Chromatic Lantern is an Artifact. Source
  • Its mana cost is {3}. Source
  • Its rules text begins: "Lands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color."" Source
  • Next line of rules text: "{T}: Add one mana of any color." Source
  • Scryfall lists it as legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, Oathbreaker, Historic, Timeless. Source
  • Ruling dated 2018-10-05: Lands you control won't lose any other abilities they had. They also won't gain or lose any land types. Source
  • Scryfall lists 39 printings of this card. Source
  • EDHREC lists this card in 867,360 of 10,490,972 decks it could fit. Source
  • On EDHREC, The Ur-Dragon is one of its top commanders (26,584 of 51,677 decks). Source
  • On EDHREC, Atraxa, Praetors' Voice is one of its top commanders (20,072 of 46,120 decks). Source
  • On EDHREC, Jodah, the Unifier is one of its top commanders (19,879 of 34,381 decks). Source
  • EDHREC's Top Cards list for Chromatic Lantern includes Swords to Plowshares. Source
  • EDHREC's Top Cards list for Chromatic Lantern includes Farseek. Source
  • EDHREC's Top Cards list for Chromatic Lantern includes Cultivate. Source

Other printings of Chromatic Lantern

Also printed in Marvel Super Heroes Commander (msc-428).