Vat of Rebirth 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
Whenever another artifact or creature you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put an oil counter on this artifact.,
, Remove four oil counters from this artifact: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
Complete guide
Vat of Rebirth is a versatile black artifact from the Phyrexia: All Will Be One set that rewards you for the loss of your own permanents. By accumulating oil counters whenever your items or allies fall, you can eventually perform a powerful resurrection. It is an excellent engine for decks that rely on sacrifice or frequent combat trades.
Accumulating the Oil
The first ability of Vat of Rebirth is a triggered ability that watches for whenever another artifact or creature you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield. This includes tokens (which briefly hit the graveyard before vanishing) and permanents that are destroyed, sacrificed, or put there due to the legend rule. Note that this does not trigger if Vat of Rebirth itself is destroyed or if cards are moved to the graveyard from your hand or library.
The Resurrection Process
To activate the second ability, you must pay two mana and one black mana, tap the Vat, and remove four oil counters as a cost. Because this is a cost, your opponent cannot respond to the removal of counters to stop the activation once you have begun the process. However, this ability can only be activated during your main phase while the stack is empty, as it follows sorcery-speed timing restrictions.
Strategic Timing and Common Mistakes
A common mistake is forgetting that the oil counter trigger is not limited to once per turn. If multiple creatures or artifacts die simultaneously, such as during a board wipe, Vat of Rebirth will trigger for each one individually. Another important detail is that the target creature card in your graveyard is chosen when you activate the ability; if that card is removed from your graveyard in response, the ability will fizzle and you will not get the creature back, nor will you get your counters back.
Interaction examples
Sol RingIf you control Vat of Rebirth and your Sol Ring is destroyed by an opponent's spell, the Vat's triggered ability goes on the stack. Once it resolves, you place one oil counter on Vat of Rebirth. This works for any artifact you control, not just creatures.
Arcane SignetImagine you have three oil counters on Vat of Rebirth and you sacrifice your Arcane Signet to another effect. The Signet hitting the graveyard puts the fourth oil counter on the Vat. Now that it has four counters, you can spend three mana and tap the Vat to return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Vat of Rebirth
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.
Vat of Rebirth + Myr Battlesphere + Clock of Omens + Phyrexian Altar
- 1Activate Vat of Rebirth by paying
, tapping it and removing four oil counters from it, returning Myr Battlesphere from your graveyard to the battlefield. - 2Myr Battlesphere enters the battlefield, creating four 1/1 Myr artifact creature tokens.
- 3Activate Clock of Omens by tapping two Myrs, untapping Vat of Rebirth.
- 4Activate Phyrexian Altar four times by sacrificing Myr Battlesphere and three Myr tokens, adding
. - 5Myr Battlesphere and the Myrs die, triggering Vat of Rebirth four times, putting four oil counters on it.
- 6Repeat.
Vat of Rebirth + Myr Battlesphere + Dross Scorpion + Phyrexian Altar
- 1Activate Vat of Rebirth by paying , tapping it and removing four oil counters from it, returning Myr Battlesphere from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 2Myr Battlesphere enters the battlefield, creating four 1/1 Myr artifact creature tokens.
- 3Activate Phyrexian Altar four times by sacrificing Myr Battlesphere and three Myr tokens, adding .
- 4Myr Battlesphere and the Myrs die, triggering Vat of Rebirth and Dross Scorpion four times.
- 5Resolve all Dross Scorpion triggers, untapping Vat of Rebirth and up to three other artifacts you control.
- 6Resolve all Vat of Rebirth triggers, putting four oil counters on it.
- 7Repeat.
Dross Scorpion + Vat of Rebirth + Phyrexian Altar + Vishgraz, the Doomhive
- 1Activate Vat of Rebirth by paying , tapping it, and removing four oil counters from it, returning Vishgraz from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 2Vishgraz triggers, creating three 1/1 Phyrexian Mite artifact creature tokens.
- 3Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing a Phyrexian Mite token, adding .
- 4Dross Scorpion and Vat of Rebirth trigger.
- 5Resolve Dross Scorpion's trigger, untapping Vat of Rebirth or another artifact.
- 6Resolve Vat of Rebirth's trigger, putting an oil counter on it.
- 7Repeat steps 3 through 6 one additional time.
- 8Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Vishgraz.
Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Vat of Rebirth + Dockside Extortionist + Corridor Monitor
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing Dockside Extortionist and Corridor Monitor, adding
. - 2Dockside Extortionist and Corridor Monitor dies, triggering Vat of Rebirth twice, putting two oil counters on it.
- 3Activate Vat of Rebirth by paying , tapping it and removing four oil counters from it, targeting Dockside Extortionist.
- 4Kurkesh triggers, choose to pay
to copy Vat of Rebirth's ability, targeting Corridor Monitor. - 5Resolve the copy of Vat of Rebirth's ability, returning Corridor Monitor from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 6Corridor Monitor enters the battlefield, untapping Vat of Rebirth.
- 7Resolve the original Vat of Rebirth ability, returning Dockside Extortionist from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 8Dockside Extortionist enters the battlefield, creating at least three Treasure tokens.
Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Vat of Rebirth + Dockside Extortionist + Corridor Monitor
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar twice by sacrificing Dockside Extortionist and Corridor Monitor, adding .
- 2Dockside Extortionist and Corridor Monitor dies, triggering Vat of Rebirth twice, putting two oil counters on it.
- 3Activate Vat of Rebirth by paying , tapping it and removing four oil counters from it, targeting Dockside Extortionist.
- 4Kurkesh triggers, choose to pay to copy Vat of Rebirth's ability, targeting Corridor Monitor.
- 5Resolve the copy of Vat of Rebirth's ability, returning Corridor Monitor from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 6Corridor Monitor enters the battlefield, untapping Vat of Rebirth.
- 7Resolve the original Vat of Rebirth ability, returning Dockside Extortionist from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 8Dockside Extortionist enters the battlefield, creating at least three Treasure tokens.
Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient + Vat of Rebirth + Dockside Extortionist + Corridor Monitor
- 1Activate Altar of Dementia twice by sacrificing Dockside Extortionist and Corridor Monitor.
- 2Dockside Extortionist and Corridor Monitor dies, triggering Vat of Rebirth twice, putting two oil counters on it.
- 3Resolve both Altar of Dementia abilities, causing target player to mill cards equal to Dockside Extortionist's and Corridor Monitor's power.
- 4Activate Vat of Rebirth by paying , tapping it and removing four oil counters from it, targeting Dockside Extortionist.
- 5Kurkesh triggers, choose to pay to copy Vat of Rebirth's ability, targeting Corridor Monitor.
- 6Resolve the copy of Vat of Rebirth's ability, returning Corridor Monitor from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Corridor Monitor enters the battlefield, untapping Vat of Rebirth.
- 8Resolve the original Vat of Rebirth ability, returning Dockside Extortionist from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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