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The Grand Calcutron

{W}{U}

Legendary Artifact

USTUnstable#131mythic
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
silver
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Illustrator
Sean Murray
CommanderNot legalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyNot legal
VintageNot legal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderNot legal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
When The Grand Calcutron enters, each player's hand becomes a program (an ordered row of revealed cards). Players can play only the first card of their program. If a card would be put into a player's hand from anywhere, that player reveals it and places it anywhere within their program instead. At the beginning of each player's end step, if that player's program has fewer than five cards, they draw cards equal to the difference. The Grand Calcutron can be your commander.
Triggered each player's hand becomes a program.
Plays as:
Card DrawETB TriggerCommander Synergy
Market · per finishtrend updated 5h ago · prices as of Oct 15, 2026
$0.10 low$0.00 gap
$0.82 low$0.32 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.32· across 2 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Price history

last 30 days · set by the window above · each finish on its own scale
Nonfoil$0.460.0%30D
30D flat at$0.46Since Feb 2024:H $0.61L $0.25
Foil$3.460.0%30D7.52× nonfoil
30D flat at$3.46Since Feb 2024:H $3.83L $1.71

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  • Unstable Booster Pack

    Booster Pack · $7.64

    Nonfoil under 10%Foil under 1%

Rulings

5 · latest Jan 19, 2018
  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    After The Grand Calcutron leaves the battlefield, players pick their cards up and put them back in their hand. They are no longer public and no longer follow the rules of The Grand Calcutron.

  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    In Commander games allowing silver-bordered cards, The Grand Calcutron can be your commander.

  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    When The Grand Calcutron enters the battlefield, all players take their hands and place them face up on the table. They then order them as they choose into a row, called a "program." The only card they may cast is the first card in their program.

  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    Whenever a card would go to a player's hand (they drew it, it got bounced, etc.) that player can put the card anywhere in their program they wish. At the beginning of each end step, if you have fewer than five cards in your program, you draw cards until you have five.

  • WotCJan 19, 2018

    Your program is still your hand. If you discard a card, it goes from your program to your graveayard.