Boommobile
Artifact — Vehicle
When this Vehicle enters, add four mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to activate abilities.
Exhaust — 
: This Vehicle deals X damage to any target. Put a +1/+1 counter on this Vehicle. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)
Crew 2
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #13682
Boommobile hits the table as a vehicle that deals damage equal to its power to any target when it attacks — a repeatable, crewable damage source that scales with the board. The cost is that it needs creatures to crew it every combat, making it a tempo drain if your board gets disrupted. In a Redshift, Rocketeer Chief shell or alongside blink engines like Deadeye Navigator, that limitation largely evaporates.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Redshift, Rocketeer Chief
Redshift, Rocketeer Chief cares about Vehicles and crewing them aggressively, and Boommobile is a natural fit — the damage trigger fires every attack, turning each swing into a removal spell or a face-burn clock.
Kolodin, Triumph Caster
Kolodin, Triumph Caster rewards artifact synergies, and Boommobile contributes a crewable threat that doubles as targeted damage, feeding both the artifact count and the deck's ability to pressure multiple game axes at once.
Balthier and Fran
Balthier and Fran leans on Vehicles as a core mechanical identity, and Boommobile slots in as a consistent damage engine — crew it, deal damage to a threat or a face, repeat every turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Boommobile earns its keep: 40 life totals make repeatable pinpoint damage more valuable, and multiplayer boards are full of X/1 utility creatures that Boommobile can pick off without expending a spell. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, the crew cost is a liability — aggressive decks want their creatures attacking, not tapped to power a Vehicle, and five mana is too steep for what is effectively a conditional burn spell. Legacy has enough raw power that Boommobile doesn't register. Standard is the one non-Commander environment where it could see fringe play, specifically in a Vehicle-matters shell where the crew cost is already baked into the game plan.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Orthion, Hero of LavabrinkBoommobileStaff of Domination
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite damage; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to activate abilities; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite card draw; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
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Orthion, Hero of LavabrinkBoommobileAggravated Assault
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite damage; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to activate abilities; Infinite combat phases; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
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Orthion, Hero of LavabrinkBoommobileUmbral Mantle
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite damage; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to activate abilities; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinitely large creature until end of turn
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Orthion, Hero of LavabrinkBoommobileSword of the Paruns
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite damage; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to activate abilities; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
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Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Boommobile isn't available in the current market feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number before picking up copies. Given its niche appeal — primarily a Commander card in Vehicle-focused builds — it's unlikely to carry a significant price tag outside of speculative demand around Redshift, Rocketeer Chief lists.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.