Clamorous Ironclad
Artifact — Vehicle
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Crew 3 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 3 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #13677
Clamorous Ironclad enters the battlefield and immediately taps all creatures your opponents control — a one-sided pseudo-Fog stapled to a 3/3 body for four mana. Kolodin, Triumph Caster decks run it because triggering that tap effect on command, then recurring it, locks opponents out of combat repeatedly.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kolodin, Triumph Caster
Kolodin, Triumph Caster rewards you for casting creatures with enters-the-battlefield effects, and Clamorous Ironclad delivers a tap-all-opponents'-creatures effect every time it comes down — bounce it, flicker it, or recur it and the lock compounds.
Balthier and Fran
Balthier and Fran care about artifacts and equipment payoffs, and Clamorous Ironclad slots in as a repeatable combat disruption piece that stalls attackers while the pair assembles their equipment package.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Clamorous Ironclad earns its slot in flicker and blink decks where tapping down all opposing creatures on a loop is a genuine soft-lock rather than a one-time tempo play. Competitive non-rotating formats like Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have no interest in it — four mana for a 3/3 that taps creatures is miles below the power floor those formats demand. Pioneer and Standard could theoretically support it in a blink shell, but the effect isn't efficient enough to compete with purpose-built tempo tools. Pauper is where Clamorous Ironclad might see fringe play if a flicker-heavy common shell needs another ETB target, though even there the competition is stiff.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Clamorous Ironclad is deep bulk — you'll find it in commons boxes or pick up a playset for the price of a sleeve. That price isn't going anywhere; the card has a narrow home and no crossover demand to push it.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Kolodin, Triumph Caster
- Balthier and Fran
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.