Ceremonial Groundbreaker
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +2/+1 and has trample.
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(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #24987
Ceremonial Groundbreaker lands as a 3/2 with haste that pumps your whole team +1/+0 until end of turn the moment it enters — immediate board pressure at three mana. It's a role-player, not a staple, but in go-wide aggressive shells it punches above its cost.
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 |
Ceremonial Groundbreaker is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker. In Commander, it belongs in wide aggro builds — Krenko, Mob Boss, Jetmir, Nexus of Revels, or any token-flood deck that wants to convert a board into sudden lethal damage. Outside Commander, it's too low-impact for Legacy or Vintage, and Modern and Pioneer have cleaner three-drop haste threats that don't require a full board to maximize the pump.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Ceremonial Groundbreaker is deep bulk — you're paying pennies for a card with a narrow but real use case. Bulk rares at this price point rarely appreciate unless they find a competitive home, and this one is unlikely to leave Commander tables.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.