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Cryptcaller Chariot

Artifact — Vehicle

Menace
Whenever you discard one or more cards, create that many tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.
Crew 2

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
rare
Set
Aetherdrift
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#5060
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Cryptcaller Chariot card art
Cryptcaller Chariot generates immediate board presence and card advantage the turn it lands, and the cost to run it is low enough that it slots into nearly any graveyard or tribal shell without deckbuilding strain. Discard-matters commanders like Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer treat it as free value, and it stacks cleanly alongside draw engines like Kindred Discovery in Zombie builds that want both gas and bodies.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer

Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer

38.2% of decks · synergy 0.38

Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer turns every discard into a cast trigger, so Cryptcaller Chariot plugs directly into the engine he's already running rather than asking for a dedicated support package.

02
Varina, Lich Queen

Varina, Lich Queen

38.8% of decks · synergy 0.35

Varina, Lich Queen churns through Zombies while filling the graveyard, and Cryptcaller Chariot rides that loop to generate extra attackers or fodder without demanding additional resources.

03

Norman Osborn

31.8% of decks · synergy 0.30

Norman Osborn rewards stacking artifacts and threats, and Cryptcaller Chariot pulls double duty as both a Vehicle and a graveyard-adjacent payoff that fits his game plan.

04
Temmet, Naktamun's Will

Temmet, Naktamun's Will

30.0% of decks · synergy 0.26

Temmet, Naktamun's Will buffs tokens and cares about having creatures on board, making Cryptcaller Chariot a reliable source of the additional bodies he wants to push through.

05
Greasefang, Okiba Boss

Greasefang, Okiba Boss

26.4% of decks · synergy 0.26

Greasefang, Okiba Boss animates Vehicles directly from the graveyard, so Cryptcaller Chariot is both a live target for his ability and a way to fill the yard with the creatures that crew it.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Cryptcaller Chariot is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is where it actually earns a slot. The 100-card singleton format gives graveyard and tribal synergies the room to breathe that Cryptcaller Chariot needs to do more than occupy a curve slot, and the slower pace of the format means a Vehicle that generates value over multiple turns is rewarded rather than outpaced. In competitive 60-card formats it faces the same problem most synergy-dependent artifacts do — the payoff is real but the setup cost prices it out against faster threats. Standard and Pioneer could support it in the right Zombie or discard shell, but it's a role-player there, not a build-around.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Cryptcaller Chariot isn't available at this time, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market listings before picking up copies. Given its Commander-first identity and the breadth of graveyard and tribal decks that want it, supply and demand will likely track closely with however popular those archetypes are at any given moment.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.