Armory Veteran
Creature — Orc Warrior
As long as this creature is equipped, it has menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #23104
Armory Veteran pumps every equipped creature you control by +1/+1 whenever it attacks — a board-wide buff that scales directly with how many equipment you have on the field. The cost is a three-mana 2/2 with no evasion, which means it needs a dedicated equipment shell to justify the slot.
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 |
In Commander, Armory Veteran is a role-player exclusively — it belongs in dedicated equipment decks and has no business in generalist lists. Outside Commander, it's legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Pauper, but equipment-based aggro in those formats prioritizes speed and efficiency over a three-mana 2/2 that doesn't carry its own equipment. Pauper is the most realistic competitive home if a critical mass of cheap equipment exists, but even there Armory Veteran competes against more impactful three-drops. Treat it as a Commander-only card in practice.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Armory Veteran is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy. It won't hold or gain value, but that's irrelevant: you're not buying it as an asset, you're slotting it into an equipment deck for a dime.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.