Energy Refractor is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
When this artifact enters, draw a card.: Add one mana of any color.
Complete guide
Energy Refractor is a versatile utility artifact that provides both card advantage and flexible mana fixing for any deck. Whether you need to find a key piece of your combo or splash a color your lands cannot produce, this artifact keeps your resources flowing. It is a staple for limited formats and budget-friendly mana filtering in larger formats.
Efficiency and Card Draw
Energy Refractor serves two main purposes: it replaces itself in your hand and acts as a mana filter. When it enters the battlefield, its triggered ability goes on the stack, allowing you to draw a card upon resolution. This ensures that playing the artifact doesn't cost you card parity, making it a low-risk inclusion in most builds.
Filtering Your Mana
The activated ability costs two generic mana to produce one mana of any color. Unlike many other mana rocks, this ability does not require the artifact to tap. This means you can use the ability as many times as you can afford during a single turn, provided you have the generic mana available to feed into it.
Step-by-Step Resolution
First, you cast Energy Refractor for two generic mana. Once it resolves and enters the battlefield, the 'draw a card' trigger is placed on the stack. After you draw, the artifact remains on the battlefield. To use the mana ability, you pay two mana of any type; this is a mana ability, so it does not use the stack and resolves immediately, giving you one mana of your chosen color.
When to Play Energy Refractor
This card is best utilized in decks with high generic mana production that lack specific color pips. It is also excellent in 'Blink' decks that can re-trigger its enter-the-battlefield ability to draw multiple cards over the course of a game. It turns colorless mana sources into valuable colored resources for your most demanding spells.
Interaction examples
Sol RingIf you have a Sol Ring on the battlefield, you can tap it to add two colorless mana to your mana pool. You can then immediately spend those two colorless mana to activate Energy Refractor. This effectively transforms the colorless output of Sol Ring into one mana of any color, such as Blue or Red, to cast a spell with specific color requirements.
Arcane SignetSuppose you are playing a multi-color Commander deck and have an Arcane Signet that currently only produces Green mana because of your commander's identity. If you need White mana for a specific spell but don't have the right lands, you can use the Green mana from Arcane Signet plus one other mana to activate Energy Refractor, filtering it into the White mana you need.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Energy Refractor
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
No additional ruling has been published for this card.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher + Freed from the Real + Energy Refractor
- 1Activate Vhal by tapping it, adding at least
that cannot be spent to cast spells from your hand. - 2Activate Energy Refractor by paying , adding
. - 3Activate Freed from the Real's second ability by paying , untapping Vhal.
- 4Repeat.
Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher + Pemmin's Aura + Energy Refractor
- 1Activate Vhal by tapping it, adding at least that cannot be spent to cast spells from your hand.
- 2Activate Energy Refractor by paying , adding .
- 3Activate Pemmin's Aura's first ability by paying , untapping Vhal.
- 4Repeat.
Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix + Freed from the Real + Energy Refractor
- 1Activate Kydele by tapping it, adding at least .
- 2Activate Energy Refractor by paying , adding .
- 3Activate Freed from the Real's second ability by paying , untapping Kydele.
- 4Repeat.
Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix + Pemmin's Aura + Energy Refractor
- 1Activate Kydele by tapping it, adding at least .
- 2Activate Energy Refractor by paying , adding .
- 3Activate Pemmin's Aura's first ability by paying , untapping Kydele.
- 4Repeat.
Magus Lucea Kane + Energy Refractor + Freed from the Real
- 1Activate Magus Lucea Kane by tapping it, adding and causing you to copy the next ability you activate or spell you cast that has
in its cost. - 2Activate Energy Refractor by paying , adding .
- 3Activate Freed from the Real by paying , untapping Magus Lucea Kane.
- 4Repeat.
- 5Once you have a large number of delayed triggers, cast a spell or activate an ability with in its cost to have Magus Lucea Kane copy that spell or ability infinitely.
Pashalik Mons + Mana Echoes + Energy Refractor
- 1Activate Pashalik Mons by paying
and sacrificing a Goblin. - 2The Goblin dies, triggering Pashalik Mons, dealing 1 damage to any target.
- 3Resolve the Pashalik Mons ability from step 1, creating two 1/1 Goblin creature tokens.
- 4The Goblins enter the battlefield, triggering Mana Echoes twice, adding for each Goblin you control.
- 5Activate Energy Refractor by paying , adding .
- 6Repeat.
Magus Lucea Kane + Pemmin's Aura + Energy Refractor
- 1Activate Magus Lucea Kane by tapping it, adding and causing you to copy the next ability you activate or spell you cast that has in its cost.
- 2Activate Energy Refractor by paying , adding .
- 3Activate Pemmin's Aura by paying , untapping Magus Lucea Kane.
- 4Repeat.
- 5Once you have a large number of delayed triggers, cast a spell or activate an ability with in its cost to have Magus Lucea Kane copy that spell or ability infinitely.
Gogo, Master of Mimicry + Basalt Monolith + Energy Refractor + Freed from the Real
- 1Activate Basalt Monolith's first ability by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Basalt Monolith's second ability by paying .
- 3Holding priority, activate Gogo by paying
and tapping it, copying Basalt Monolith's ability three times. - 4Resolve a copy of Basalt Monolith's ability, untapping it.
- 5Holding priority, activate Basalt Monolith's first ability by tapping it, adding .
- 6Repeat from step 4 two additional times.
- 7Activate Energy Refractor by paying , adding .
- 8Activate Freed from the Real by paying , untapping Gogo.
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