Dwarven Armory
Enchantment
, Sacrifice a land: Put a +2/+2 counter on target creature. Activate only during any upkeep step.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.53
- EDHREC rank
- #26375
Dwarven Armory lets you pay 2 and sacrifice a land to put a +1/+1 counter on a creature — a slow, expensive engine that asks you to fall behind on mana to get ahead on board. The cost is prohibitive enough that it rarely pulls its weight outside of dedicated land-sacrifice strategies.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dwarven Armory is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its home is Commander if it has one at all — the slower pace and 100-card variance give it the most room to breathe. Even there, the mana and land investment is steep enough that it only earns a slot in decks explicitly built around sacrificing lands, such as those led by Gitrog Monster or Omnath, Locus of Rage shells. In Legacy and Vintage, the card has no competitive presence — the formats move too fast for a three-mana do-nothing artifact that requires ongoing resources to activate.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.53 bulk tier
At $0.53, Dwarven Armory sits firmly in bulk territory, which is about right for a card with narrow applications and low demand. The price is unlikely to move meaningfully in either direction absent an unlikely reprint spike or sudden breakout synergy.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.