Carapace Forger
Creature — Elf Artificer
Metalcraft — This creature gets +2/+2 as long as you control three or more artifacts.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #29242
Carapace Forger is a 4/4 for two mana — one of the best rate-for-cost bodies in green — but only when you control an artifact. That condition is trivially met in artifact-heavy shells and essentially irrelevant outside them.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Carapace Forger is a bulk common, which means Pauper is where it actually gets played — artifact synergy decks there can flip it on as early as turn one, and a 4/4 for two is a legitimate threat at that power level. In Commander, it shows up in artifact-token strategies like Breya, Etherium Shaper or Oswald Fiddlebender where the condition is always live, but it's never a priority inclusion over more impactful payoffs. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — those formats have no interest in a vanilla 4/4.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Carapace Forger is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box before you bother ordering it. That price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is essentially unlimited.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.