Darksteel Juggernaut
Artifact Creature — Juggernaut
Indestructible
Darksteel Juggernaut's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifacts you control.
This creature attacks each combat if able.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $1.40
- EDHREC rank
- #4709
Darksteel Juggernaut enters as an indestructible attacker whose power and toughness scale directly with the number of artifacts you control — in the right shell, that's a 10/10 or larger that nothing short of exile can stop. The cost is real: five mana for a vanilla beater in artifact-light lists, and the forced-attack clause can get you killed; Aloy, Savior of Meridian decks accept both trade-offs willingly because the artifact density makes the upside enormous.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aloy, Savior of Meridian
Aloy, Savior of Meridian floods the board with artifact tokens, so Darksteel Juggernaut routinely enters as a double-digit indestructible threat that opponents simply cannot destroy with targeted removal.
Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought builds around large, resilient artifact creatures, and Darksteel Juggernaut fits that identity exactly — indestructible, self-scaling, and a natural fit for the artifact-dense board states Dawnsire demands.
Golbez, Crystal Collector
Golbez, Crystal Collector runs a dense artifact package to fuel its crystal mechanics, and Darksteel Juggernaut turns that density into a proportionally massive, indestructible body that closes games on its own.
Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
Traxos, Scourge of Kroog already wants wall-to-wall historic permanents to keep itself untapped, and Darksteel Juggernaut slots in as another indestructible threat that grows the larger the artifact count gets.
Saheeli, the Gifted
Saheeli, the Gifted reduces the cost of expensive artifacts and generates artifact tokens, both of which directly power up Darksteel Juggernaut — cheaper to cast and bigger on arrival.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Darksteel Juggernaut actually lives — artifact-matters builds pack enough permanents to push it past 8/8 consistently, and indestructible is a meaningful keyword in a format full of targeted destruction. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but competitively irrelevant; five mana for a creature with no enters-the-battlefield effect and a drawback doesn't clear the bar in those formats. Modern sees it the same way: payoffs for artifact density exist there, but faster, cheaper threats crowd it out entirely. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander context closely enough that the same artifact-heavy commanders justify it there too.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.40 cheap tier
At $1.40, Darksteel Juggernaut sits firmly in the bulk-rare tier — cheap enough to throw into any artifact deck without hesitation. It's a narrow card with a dedicated home, so don't expect the price to move much in either direction.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.