Acridian
Creature — Insect
Echo 
(At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #28053
Acridian is a 2/4 for three mana with echo — you pay its cost twice or sacrifice it at the start of your next upkeep, which means the floor is a two-turn blocker and the ceiling is exactly that. There are strictly better green creatures at every point on the curve, and no competitive shell needs what Acridian offers.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Acridian is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Pauper, where commons compete hardest, a 2/4 with echo doesn't clear the bar — green has access to far more efficient bodies at common. In Commander, the 100-card singleton format demands cards that generate value or end games, and Acridian does neither. Legacy and Vintage don't register it at all. Across every format where Acridian can be played, it isn't.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Acridian sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card that ends up in a collection binder and never leaves. The price won't move; there's no competitive demand to push it, and casual appeal is minimal.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.