Crash
Instant
You may sacrifice a Mountain rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy target artifact.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #23595
Crash trades one mana for an artifact destruction spell that costs its controller nothing but the card — a clean rate for what it does. The catch is the target restriction: artifacts with converted mana cost 3 or greater only, which narrows the field enough that Crash earns a slot in specific shells rather than as a general-purpose answer.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Crash occupies a narrow but real niche — it answers Sol Ring-adjacent threats only after they've grown (Darksteel Forge, Bolas's Citadel, Aetherflux Reservoir), which means it misses the cheap accelerants that are actually dangerous early. In Legacy and Vintage, the CMC floor is a harder problem: the format's most threatening artifacts often cost two or less, so Crash can't touch them when it matters most. Pauper is where Crash is most at home, hitting meaningful mid-range artifacts at common rarity with no mana investment beyond R. Across all legal formats, it's a role-player, not a staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Crash is deep bulk — a filler slot with no meaningful price floor to speak of. It holds that value only because it costs essentially nothing to acquire, not because demand is pushing it anywhere.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.