Echo Circlet
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature can block an additional creature each combat.
Equip 
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #18227
Echo Circlet turns any creature into a fog machine for combat — equip it, and that creature blocks every attacker each combat, which is a surprisingly durable defensive wall for one mana to cast and one to equip. It's a niche piece that earns its slot only in decks that want to stall ground combat repeatedly, and nowhere else.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Echo Circlet is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but the only format where it sees any real consideration is Pauper, where cheap defensive equipment can matter in aggressive metas. In Commander it's a fringe inclusion — mostly in pillowfort or defender-tribal decks that want to stretch a single creature into a permanent blocker army, but most decks would rather run a board wipe or a fog spell that handles the whole attack at instant speed. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage have faster, more powerful options that make Echo Circlet invisible at those tables.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Echo Circlet is deep bulk — you're more likely to find it in a bulk bin than to order it specifically. Bulk commons rarely move in price, so there's no reason to expect this to change.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.