Chrome Cat
Artifact Creature — Cat
When this creature enters, scry 1.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #21219
Chrome Cat is a 2/2 artifact creature for three mana with lifelink — playable stats, forgettable rate. At three mana for a vanilla-adjacent body, it doesn't generate card advantage, doesn't enable combos, and doesn't pull enough weight to justify a slot in most powered lists.
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 |
Chrome Cat is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean good. In Pauper, a 2/2 lifelinker for three competes with a crowded field of cheap, efficient commons and doesn't make the cut. In Commander, Chrome Cat occupies the worst possible position: not bad enough to be a joke pick, not good enough to earn a slot — a 100-card format demands more than a lifelink body with no ETB, no activated ability, and no synergy hooks. Vintage and Legacy don't want it at any price.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Chrome Cat is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in the bottom of a trade binder. Don't expect that price to move; there's no competitive demand pulling it anywhere.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.