Bronzeplate Boar
Artifact Creature — Equipment Boar
Trample
Equipped creature gets +3/+2 and has trample.
Reconfigure 
(: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #13901
Bronzeplate Boar staples a free Equipment onto any attacking creature — relevant power and trample with zero equip overhead. Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms players run it because the Boar's enter-and-attach trigger does exactly what that deck wants without spending a mana or an action.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms
Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms cares about suiting up creatures cheaply and repeatedly, and Bronzeplate Boar delivers a self-attaching Equipment body that triggers his pump ability the moment it hits the battlefield.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bronzeplate Boar is a Commander card first and foremost — the effect is fair enough that it won't break a 60-card format but synergistic enough to earn a slot in the right Equipment or Voltron build. In Modern and Pioneer the three-mana slot is brutally competitive, and a 3/3 with trample that requires an attack to maximize its effect won't clear the bar. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but would never touch it. Commander is where it lives: the self-attaching mechanic scales well with commanders who reward Equipment count or attacking creatures, and the floor of a 3/3 trample body means it's never a dead draw.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Bronzeplate Boar is deep bulk — you're picking this out of a commons box, not budgeting for it. Bulk rares at this price point rarely climb unless a commander breaks them wide open, so grab it for its effect, not any hope of appreciation.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.