Crumble
Instant
Destroy target artifact. It can't be regenerated. That artifact's controller gains life equal to its mana value.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Antiquities
- Price
- $3.14
- EDHREC rank
- #21855
Crumble destroys target artifact and gives its controller life equal to its mana value — a one-mana green instant that answers a Blightsteel Colossus and hands the pilot 11 life as a consolation prize. It trades speed for precision, and in most cases that's exactly the deal you want.
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, Crumble fills a narrow but real niche: cheap, instant-speed artifact removal that costs a single green mana, which matters in decks that want to hold up interaction without committing resources. The life-gain rider is irrelevant against most targets but occasionally punishes you for killing a cheap rock at a critical moment — a real but minor downside. In Legacy and Vintage, dedicated artifact hate like Null Rod or Nature's Claim does the job more efficiently, leaving Crumble on the fringe. Pauper is where it competes most honestly, since one-mana removal at common rarity has real value in a format defined by tight mana.
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Price Context
Current price
$3.14 cheap tier
At $3.14, Crumble sits at the high end of what a niche one-mana removal spell typically commands, driven by scarcity rather than demand. It holds that price mostly through casual collector interest — don't expect it to move much in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.