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Esika's Chariot

Legendary Artifact — Vehicle

When Esika's Chariot enters, create two 2/2 green Cat creature tokens.
Whenever Esika's Chariot attacks, create a token that's a copy of target token you control.
Crew 4

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
Secret Lair Drop
Price
$19.60
EDHREC rank
#2956
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Esika's Chariot card art
Esika's Chariot enters with two 2/2 Cat tokens and copies whatever token you made on attack — that's a four-power board presence on turn four that compounds every combat. There and Back Again and Balthier and Fran have pushed token-doubling strategies into the spotlight, and the Chariot is the engine both want.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Balthier and Fran

Balthier and Fran

79.0% of decks · synergy 0.73

Balthier and Fran trigger off artifacts entering and leaving, and Esika's Chariot is both an artifact itself and a machine that keeps producing tokens to fuel that loop — nearly 79% of Balthier and Fran decks run it for good reason.

03
Adrix and Nev, Twincasters

Adrix and Nev, Twincasters

19.9% of decks · synergy 0.19

Adrix and Nev, Twincasters double every token that enters the battlefield, so the Chariot's copy trigger becomes two copies — Esika's Chariot effectively quadruples your token output under that commander.

05
Arahbo, Roar of the World

Arahbo, Roar of the World

19.0% of decks · synergy 0.16

Arahbo, Roar of the World wants a wide board of Cats to pump, and Esika's Chariot produces them reliably while also serving as a 4/4 trampling attacker once crewed — raw volume and a threat in one slot.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Esika's Chariot is a staple in any green token strategy — the attack trigger scales with whatever synergies your deck already runs, and a 4/4 with trample that generates two bodies on entry is a strong rate at four mana. In Modern and Pioneer, the Chariot saw competitive play in green creature shells where the token copy trigger broke board-stall situations, though both formats have since evolved past it as a top-tier threat. Legacy and Vintage have access to faster, more broken things and won't touch it. Overall, Esika's Chariot is a Commander card that happened to be good enough for 60-card formats at peak — its natural home is multiplayer, where the attack trigger fires repeatedly over a long game.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Esika's ChariotThere and Back AgainAggravated Assault

Esika's ChariotThere and Back AgainAggravated Assault

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite colored mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite combat phases; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite Treasure tokens; Infinite copies of tokens you control

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Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Requiem Angel and Tendershoot Dryad both generate tokens at a similar rate for under $2 and reward the same go-wide gameplan, though neither copies existing tokens or doubles as a Vehicle — you lose the attack trigger entirely. If the copy effect specifically is what you want, Delina, Wild Mage gets close in red-green shells at around $0.50, but she requires combat math and dice rather than a clean triggered ability.

Price Context

Current price

$19.60 mid tier

At $19.60, Esika's Chariot sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel in a budget build, but justified if token synergies are central to your deck's plan. It spiked during its Standard legality and hasn't fully retreated, so you're paying a premium for a card that's past its 60-card prime but remains a genuine Commander staple.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.