Dreadbringer Lampads
Enchantment Creature — Nymph
Constellation — Whenever this creature or another enchantment you control enters, target creature gains intimidate until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander 2015
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #21670
Dreadbringer Lampads gives a creature intimidate as long as you control five or more enchantments — a real evasion keyword stapled to a 4/2 body for five mana. The cost is everything: five mana is steep for a conditional buff that shuts off the moment your enchantment count dips.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dreadbringer Lampads lives almost exclusively in Commander, where enchantress builds can reliably hit five enchantments and keep them. In Pauper it's technically playable at common, but five mana is a liability in a format that ends games early, and intimidate's value is capped by how many artifact creatures show up in the meta. Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage all have enough efficient interaction that a 4/2 for five with a conditional upside never makes the cut.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Dreadbringer Lampads is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card. That price will hold because demand is narrow and supply is plentiful; pick it up as a one-of if you need the slot, but don't expect it to ever move.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.