Darksteel Ingot

EDH staple enough said! Its right there with sol ring and top except in mono color

Comes into play and can be used on turn one. Combine with a Etherium Sculptor to get it out for even less mana.

sweeeet!!! works like a mox

Indestructable mana source? Any color with no penalty? Get me four! This makes those 7th Edition artifact-mana sources (ex. Charcoal Diamond) look like little jokes.

How you feel about Ingot depends on when you started playing MtG. Us geezers who played in the 20th century immediately get all "back in my day" upon seeing Ingot. It's greatly superior to the mana artifacts we had available (not counting original Mox & Lotus): Prisms, Lenses, Diamonds, Ramos, Cameos, as well as the upcoming Obelisks of Alara.

On the other hand, a 3-drop that generates 1 mana isn't fast enough for Standard constructed decks. So it's basically useless for tournaments, but very handy in casual/multiplayer.

Three mana? What a waste of an early turn... when you can get Ur-Golem's Eye which produces 2 colorless for only one more mana.

It's only real use is in prismatic decks... works wonders with a cheap and nasty Door to Nothingness deck, not that I've ever played one, I just play against them alot.

You pay 3 mana. You get 1 mana.

darksteel is the worst thing ever to happen to magic. learn to deal with stuff.