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Arm-Mounted Anchor

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has menace.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, draw two cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard a Pirate card.
Equip {2}. This ability costs {2} less to activate if you have one or fewer cards in hand.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{3}
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander
Price
$0.23
EDHREC rank
#12050
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Arm-Mounted Anchor card art
Arm-Mounted Anchor is a zero-equip Equipment that gives a creature +1/+1 and vigilance for two mana — unremarkable on its own, but every activation of its zero-cost equip ability triggers Crackdown Construct to an arbitrarily large size. Admiral Brass, Unsinkable runs it as a reliable combo piece that costs almost nothing to assemble mid-board.

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Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Arm-Mounted Anchor is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is the only format where it sees meaningful play. Legacy and Vintage have faster, more consistent combo infrastructure and no reason to build around a two-mana Equipment with a zero-cost equip loop. In Commander, the card earns its slot specifically in Crackdown Construct shells — outside that combo context, a two-mana equipment that grants +1/+1 and vigilance is too low-impact to run.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.23 bulk tier

At $0.23, Arm-Mounted Anchor is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or cheap singles order. Bulk combo pieces with a single reliable home tend to stay flat unless that combo breaks into mainstream popularity, so don't expect movement.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.