Fleetwheel Cruiser
Artifact — Vehicle
Trample, haste
When this Vehicle enters, it becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.
Crew 2 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 2 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Kaladesh Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #12831
Fleetwheel Cruiser enters swinging — a 5/3 with trample, haste, and a self-crewing trigger means it attacks the turn it lands without needing any setup. At four mana that's a real rate, and commanders like Shelob, Child of Ungoliant that want large attacking creatures, or Greasefang, Okiba Boss that can reanimate it for immediate damage, put that rate to immediate use.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Greasefang, Okiba Boss
Greasefang, Okiba Boss reanimates a Vehicle from the graveyard at the start of combat, and Fleetwheel Cruiser is one of the best targets — it crews itself on entering, so it swings for 5 with trample the very turn Greasefang pulls it back.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Fleetwheel Cruiser is a niche role-player rather than a staple — it earns a slot in Vehicle-tribal builds or under Greasefang, Okiba Boss where its self-crewing enters-the-battlefield trigger is an actual engine piece, not just a convenience. In Pioneer and Modern it has seen fringe play in aggressive artifact strategies, but competing with cheaper or more resilient threats keeps it off the primary lists. Legacy and Vintage have no realistic use for a four-mana creature that doesn't impact the board in a broken way. The card is legal across the major non-rotating formats, but it only truly belongs somewhere the Vehicle type or graveyard recursion is the point.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Shelob, Child of UngoliantFleetwheel CruiserMaskwood NexusPsionic Sliver
Infinite damage; Infinite death triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
unknown tier
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.