Armored Galleon
Creature — Human Pirate
This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Portal Second Age
- Price
- $1.02
- EDHREC rank
- #29297
Armored Galleon is a 5/4 Vehicle for four mana — above-rate stats — but it cannot crew itself and, more damningly, cannot attack or block unless crewed, making it a dead card in hand whenever you're behind on board. Skip it; nearly every four-mana slot in Commander does more.
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 |
Armored Galleon is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees effectively zero play across all of them. In Commander, the format where Vehicles have the most support through dedicated crew synergies, it still loses out to faster, more impactful options — a 5/4 that needs a crew cost is not a threat worth building around at four mana. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a vanilla-statted Vehicle when those formats demand either efficiency or broken interactions, and Armored Galleon offers neither.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.02 cheap tier
At $1.02, Armored Galleon sits in the bulk-rare tier where price and playability roughly align. Don't expect movement in either direction — demand is too low to push it up, and it's already near the floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.