---
name: "Red Mana Battery"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "4ED"
set_name: "Fourth Edition"
collector_number: "343"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mark Tedin"
oracle_id: "8ceb295c-a611-4ac7-940b-557bf60f8a8b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/red-mana-battery-4ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Red Mana Battery
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{2}, {T}: Put a charge counter on this artifact.
{T}, Remove any number of charge counters from this artifact: Add {R}, then add an additional {R} for each charge counter removed this way.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Black Mana Battery](/printing/black-mana-battery-4ed.md) — Artifact
2. [Green Mana Battery](/printing/green-mana-battery-leg.md) — Artifact
3. [Blue Mana Battery](/printing/blue-mana-battery-leg.md) — Artifact
4. [White Mana Battery](/printing/white-mana-battery-leg.md) — Artifact
5. [Kyren Toy](/printing/kyren-toy-mmq.md) — Artifact
6. [Empowered Autogenerator](/printing/empowered-autogenerator-eoc.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fourth Edition (4ED) #343
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mark Tedin
- **Total Printings:** 16 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`