Colossapede
Creature — Insect
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Amonkhet
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #19021
Colossapede is a 5/5 vanilla for five mana — nothing more, nothing less — and in most contexts that rate is simply too low to justify a roster slot. The one home where it earns its keep is Ruxa, Patient Professor, where the no-abilities clause flips from liability to feature.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ruxa, Patient Professor
Ruxa, Patient Professor explicitly rewards creatures with no abilities, pumping every attacker including Colossapede and granting them the ability to trample through blockers — the exact package that turns a vanilla 5/5 into a legitimate threat.
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven cares about vanilla creatures by granting them trample and fueling her own ability, making Colossapede a clean fit as a high-power body that triggers every relevant synergy in the 99.
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 |
Colossapede is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but the only format where it sees real play is Commander — specifically the Ruxa and Jasmine Boreal shells that actively want vanilla creatures. In Pauper the rate is unplayable; five mana for a 5/5 with no text gets outclassed by nearly every common at that slot. Competitive eternal formats ignore it entirely. Treat Colossapede as a Commander-only role-player, and only in decks built to reward the no-abilities clause.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Colossapede sits firmly in bulk — you'll find it in any common box or thrown into trade binders as filler. Bulk vanilla creatures don't appreciate, so there's no reason to acquire more than the one copy your Ruxa or Jasmine Boreal deck needs.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.