Ambulatory Edifice
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Construct
When this creature enters, you may pay 2 life. When you do, target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #25559
Ambulatory Edifice gives you a repeatable -1/-1 counter on an opponent's creature every time you play a land with a basic land type — relevant damage over a long game, stapled to a 3/4 menace body for four mana. The payoff is real in landfall-heavy shells, but the effect is too slow and too conditional to justify the slot in anything but dedicated counter-synergy or Dimir/Esper land-matters builds.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ambulatory Edifice is legal in Commander, Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive constructed formats have no interest in a four-mana 3/4 whose trigger requires fetchlands or shock lands to fire consistently. Commander is the only realistic home, specifically in decks built around Dimir or Esper land strategies — think Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait-adjacent builds that play multiple lands per turn and can weaponize the -1/-1 drain. Outside of those shells, it's a casual roleplayer at best.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Ambulatory Edifice is deep bulk — it costs less than a sleeve. That price reflects its narrow fit rather than any hidden gem status; don't expect it to climb unless a dedicated counter-drain commander pushes it into the spotlight.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.