---
name: "Catalyst Stone"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "ODY"
set_name: "Odyssey"
collector_number: "297"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Tony Szczudlo"
oracle_id: "d32f7af3-b371-4883-b619-5a569767ff89"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/catalyst-stone-ody"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Catalyst Stone
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
Flashback costs you pay cost {2} less.
Flashback costs your opponents pay cost {2} more.

> *La incandescencia de las gemas invade los sueños de todos los que las ven.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Flashback](/printing/flashback-sos.md) — Instant
2. [Snapcaster Mage](/printing/snapcaster-mage-plst.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Altar of the Lost](/printing/altar-of-the-lost-dka.md) — Artifact
4. [Stingcaster Mage](/printing/stingcaster-mage-fra.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Cunning Nightbonder](/printing/cunning-nightbonder-iko.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
6. [Memory Crystal](/printing/memory-crystal-exo.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Odyssey (ODY) #297
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Tony Szczudlo
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`