Copper Carapace
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and can't block.
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Masters 2015
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #25473
Copper Carapace gives a creature +2/+2 and shroud for one mana to equip, but the equipped creature can't attack — which makes the buff nearly useless in most contexts. It's a trap: the protection comes stapled to a drawback that strips the very reason you'd run a combat-oriented equipment.
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 |
Copper Carapace is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but seeing play in almost none of them. In Commander, the can't-attack clause is a dealbreaker — you're spending mana to protect a creature that can no longer threaten anyone. Pauper is the one format where a one-mana equipment with shroud could theoretically matter, but the attack restriction makes it uncompetitive even there. Across every format, better equipment exists at the same or lower cost.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Copper Carapace is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a common box and stays there. The price reflects the demand accurately: don't expect it to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.