Chrome Steed
Artifact Creature — Horse
Metalcraft — This creature gets +2/+2 as long as you control three or more artifacts.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #19731
Chrome Steed is a 4/4 artifact creature for four mana — a clean rate when metalcraft is online, a mediocre vanilla when it isn't. Run it only if your deck reliably has three artifacts in play by turn four.
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 |
In Commander, Chrome Steed competes in a format where a 4/4 for four needs to do something beyond exist, and artifact-heavy commanders like Breya, Etherium Shaper or Sydri, Galvanic Genius have far better payoffs available. Pauper is the only format where Chrome Steed earns a real look — artifact synergy decks at common have a narrower card pool, and metalcraft is a supported theme there. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, the card is legal but firmly outclassed; no competitive list wants a vanilla 4/4 at any price.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Chrome Steed is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than purchase deliberately. That price reflects the ceiling accurately; there's no scenario that pushes it higher.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.