Al-abara's Carpet
Artifact
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: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn by attacking creatures without flying.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Masters Edition IV
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #27036
Al-abara's Carpet lets you pay five mana each turn to prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you — an expensive, repeatable fog that shuts down creature attacks entirely. The cost is prohibitive enough that it belongs only in decks that can generate absurd amounts of mana and need a permanent political shield, not a one-time deterrent.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Al-abara's Carpet is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a five-mana artifact that requires another five activation each turn when cheaper, more decisive answers exist. Commander is the only realistic home, where the political angle of a visible, repeatable damage prevention effect can buy time in multiplayer games. Even there, the card is a relic — most tables will never see it.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Al-abara's Carpet isn't currently available, which reflects how rarely it moves. As an obscure Legends-era artifact with negligible competitive demand, expect to find copies in bulk bins or old collections rather than at a meaningful market price.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.