What is the best cheap budget alternative to The Soul Stone?

The top vector-matched budget alternative to The Soul Stone is Ghost Vacuum ($4.13), offering a 78% functional match while saving $112.69.

How can I replace The Soul Stone in MTG Commander on a budget?

You can replace The Soul Stone ($116.82) in EDH by swapping in lower-cost cards that share key Scryfall oracle tags like #activated-ability, #creature-ability-noncreature, #cycle-infinity-stone and identical color identity (B).

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Best Mono-Black budget alternatives to The Soul Stone

Automated Vector Analysis• 5 min read•Updated August 3, 2026

The Soul Stone

$116.82 Market

Card Breakdown: The Soul Stone (Legendary Artifact — Infinity Stone) is a high-demand MTG card. At $116.82, budget-conscious players can leverage vector embedding similarity to achieve similar game actions for under $5.00.

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Top Vector-Ranked Budget Swaps

#1 Best Swap

Ghost Vacuum

(Artifact)

$4.13

78% Vector Match

{T}: Exile target card from a graveyard. {6}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Put each creature card exiled with this artifact onto the battlefield under your control with a flying counter on it. Each of them is a 1/1 Spirit in addition to its other types. Activate only as a sorcery.

Vector Synergy Breakdown

Functions as a Artifact alternative to The Soul Stone's Legendary Artifact and costs 1 less mana to cast (1 MV vs 2 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #activated-ability, #reanimate-creature.

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#2 Best Swap

Soul of New Phyrexia

(Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Avatar)

$0.89

76% Vector Match

Trample {5}: Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn. {5}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Vector Synergy Breakdown

Functions as a Artifact Creature alternative to The Soul Stone's Legendary Artifact and costs 4 more mana to cast (6 MV). Fills a similar strategic role in Commander and deck construction.

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#3 Best Swap

Egon, God of Death // Throne of Death

(Legendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact)

$0.37

75% Vector Match

Deathtouch At the beginning of your upkeep, exile two cards from your graveyard. If you can't, sacrifice Egon and draw a card. // At the beginning of your upkeep, mill a card. {2}{B}, {T}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Draw a card.

Vector Synergy Breakdown

Functions as a Legendary Creature alternative to The Soul Stone's Legendary Artifact and costs 1 more mana to cast (3 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #activated-ability, #triggered-ability.

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#4 Best Swap

Scrapwork Rager

(Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror)

$0.06

75% Vector Match

When this creature enters, you draw a card and you lose 1 life. Unearth {3}{B} ({3}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Vector Synergy Breakdown

Functions as a Artifact Creature alternative to The Soul Stone's Legendary Artifact and costs 2 more mana to cast (4 MV). Fills a similar strategic role in Commander and deck construction.

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