Anodet Lurker
Artifact Creature — Construct
When this creature dies, you gain 3 life.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Fifth Dawn
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #25805
Anodet Lurker trades itself for a 3/3 colorless token on death, which is a reasonable deal stapled to a 3/3 body for five mana — the problem is that five mana buys you much better in 2024. Outside of artifact synergy decks that specifically want Audacious Reshapers targets or token-count payoffs, this card doesn't make the cut.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Anodet Lurker sees essentially no competitive play across any format it's legal in. In Commander, the only homes are narrow artifact-matters or token-doublers builds where the on-death Construct token triggers something specific — even then, five mana for a vanilla 3/3 with a delayed 3/3 is well below rate. Pauper is the one format where bulk commons occasionally punch through on synergy, but Anodet Lurker's cost is too high and its body too unimpressive to see play there either.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Audacious ReshapersMortuaryIntruder AlarmAnodet Lurker
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite untap of creatures you control
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Anodet Lurker is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in draft chaff boxes rather than trade binders. Demand is low enough that this price is stable, but stable at the floor.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.