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Gonti's Machinations
ENCHANTMENT Uncommon
Aether Revolt EDHREC #15,778
$0.28
+3.7%
7 days
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Gonti's Machinations Price Summary
Gonti's Machinations's current headline price is $0.28.
Gonti's Machinations Printings & Prices
1 printings
Gonti's Machinations has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.
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Sell Gonti's Machinations: Buylist Offers
2 offers
| Buyer | Printing | Finish | Cash offer | Retail | Spread |
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| Card Kingdom | AER #63 | Foil | — | — | — |
| Card Kingdom | AER #63 | Nonfoil | — | — | — |
Gonti's Machinations Rules Text & Legality
View on Scryfall ↗Whenever you lose life for the first time each turn, you get {E}. (You get an energy counter. Damage causes loss of life.)
Pay {E}{E}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Each opponent loses 3 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
""I am confident that all our enterprises can benefit from this little revolution.""
Gonti's Machinations is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Commander, and not legal in Standard and Pauper.
standard
Not legal
pioneer
Legal
modern
Legal
legacy
Legal
commander
Legal
pauper
Not legal
Gonti's Machinations Rulings
5 most recent
- Jun 7, 2024 Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.
- Jun 7, 2024 Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" can't give you energy counters.
- Jun 7, 2024 If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of {E}, and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any {E} even if you want to.
- Jun 7, 2024 If an effect says you get one or more {E}, you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more {E}, you lose that many energy counters. You can't pay more energy counters than you have. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.
- Jun 7, 2024 Keep track of how many energy counters each player has. Potential ways to track this include writing theme down on paper or using dice, but any method that is clear and mutually agreeable is fine. (At higher levels of tournament play, dice may not be allowed for tracking counters that players have.)
Reprints & Reprint Risk
2 printings
Gonti's Machinations has been reprinted 2 times.
| Set | Date | Rarity | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|
| AER #63 | 2017-01-20 | Uncommon | Standard |
| AER #63 | 2017-01-20 | Uncommon | Standard |
Gonti's Machinations in Commander
Gonti's Machinations is the #15,778 most-played card on EDHREC, down 256 places over the last 30 days.
Gonti's Machinations FAQ
How much is Gonti's Machinations worth?
Gonti's Machinations is worth about $0.28 for its cheapest playable printing as of Sep 23, 2026.
Is Gonti's Machinations legal in Commander?
Yes — Gonti's Machinations is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Pioneer, Modern and Legacy.
Has Gonti's Machinations been reprinted?
Yes — Gonti's Machinations has been reprinted 2 times, with 1 printings tracked on The Index.
Why is Gonti's Machinations cheap?
Gonti's Machinations trades at about $0.28 — 2 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#15,778 on EDHREC).