Aradara Express
Artifact — Vehicle
Menace
Crew 4 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 4 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kaladesh
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #14451
Aradara Express puts six power of Menace on the board for six mana — a reasonable rate until you notice it's a vanilla 4/6 with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no utility, and no way to protect itself. Vehicles that don't crew themselves or generate value on impact have no place in Commander's 99.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Aradara Express is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability aren't the same thing. In Pauper it's the most relevant — common creature slots are tight and a 4/6 Menace can close games in aggressive artifact or Vehicle brews, though it still competes with cheaper threats. In Commander, six mana for a do-nothing body is a near-automatic cut; the format's card quality ceiling is too high for a vanilla Vehicle with no enters trigger. Everywhere else, the competition at this mana cost is steep enough that Aradara Express doesn't make the cut.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Aradara Express is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a box but rarely fills a deck slot. Don't expect the price to move; there's no competitive demand pulling it upward.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.