Dreadmobile
Artifact — Vehicle
Menace
, Sacrifice another artifact or creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on this Vehicle.
Crew 1 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 1 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #18226
Dreadmobile enters as a 4/4 with menace and can crew itself, which is a genuinely unusual combination for a Vehicle — the threat is immediate without needing a support creature. The catch is five mana for a vanilla beatstick in most contexts, and without payoffs like Animation Module generating servo fodder, it rarely justifies the slot.
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 |
In Commander, Dreadmobile fits narrowly into Vehicle-tribal or artifact-matters builds where its self-crew ability distinguishes it from the pile of five-mana do-nothings. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage are all legal but entirely uninterested — Dreadmobile's stat line and mana cost don't come close to competing in those formats. Commander is the only realistic home, and even there it's a role-player rather than a staple, best suited to decks that explicitly want a critical mass of Vehicles or self-sufficient artifacts.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Animation ModuleMana EchoesDreadmobile
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite +1/+1 counters on Dreadmobile
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Dreadmobile is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up without noticing the price. There's no meaningful supply pressure or demand spike coming for a five-mana Vehicle with niche applications, so it stays in this tier.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.