Copper Host Crusher
Creature — Phyrexian Bear Rhino
Trample
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #11231
Copper Host Crusher lands and immediately pressures artifact-heavy boards — a 4/4 with trample that grows every time an artifact enters under an opponent's control is real, continuous board presence. The cost is seven mana, which means it earns its slot only in decks that can reliably get it onto the battlefield before the game is already decided — Ayula, Queen Among Bears being the prime example, where the bear type alone unlocks additional value.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ayula, Queen Among Bears
Ayula, Queen Among Bears triggers off every bear entering the battlefield, and Copper Host Crusher is a bear — so each artifact an opponent plays that pumps the Crusher can chain into an Ayula trigger, turning artifact-heavy tables into free fights and counters across your whole board.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Copper Host Crusher is a Commander card through and through — seven mana is too slow for Modern or Pioneer, where artifact-centric strategies like Affinity or Hardened Scales will have already ended the game before it resolves. In Legacy and Vintage it's strictly unplayable on rate. Commander is where the math changes: the format's slower clock, multiplayer artifact proliferation, and the bear tribal infrastructure around Ayula, Queen Among Bears give Copper Host Crusher enough texture to justify the slot. Even in Commander, it belongs specifically in bear tribal or artifact-hate shells — generic green stompy decks have better seven-drops.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Copper Host Crusher is deep bulk — pick it up in any common-box or throw it in a five-dollar order to hit free shipping. Bulk rares with narrow tribal applications don't appreciate, so treat this as a pure utility purchase rather than a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.