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Ingot Chewer

Creature — Elemental

When this creature enters, destroy target artifact.
Evoke {R} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander
Price
$0.22
EDHREC rank
#5304
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Ingot Chewer card art
Ingot Chewer destroys an artifact on entry and costs nothing when you evoke it — the only real cost is the card itself. In Rakdos, the Muscle decks, that death trigger is the point, making Ingot Chewer a one-mana removal spell that also fuels the graveyard engine.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Rakdos, the Muscle

Rakdos, the Muscle

71.9% of decks · synergy 0.70

Rakdos, the Muscle cares about creatures dying, and Ingot Chewer evokes for one mana and immediately triggers that payoff while blowing up an artifact on the way out.

02
Ashling, the Limitless

Ashling, the Limitless

46.3% of decks · synergy 0.44

Ashling, the Limitless wants creatures with powerful enters-the-battlefield or death triggers to copy, and Ingot Chewer offers both — an ETB that nukes an artifact and a body that dies on demand.

03
Chainer, Nightmare Adept

Chainer, Nightmare Adept

36.6% of decks · synergy 0.34

Chainer, Nightmare Adept recurs creatures from the graveyard and gives them haste, so Ingot Chewer becomes a repeatable artifact removal piece every time Chainer digs it back out.

04
Zoyowa Lava-Tongue

Zoyowa Lava-Tongue

24.1% of decks · synergy 0.22

Zoyowa Lava-Tongue rewards stacking the graveyard with creatures, and Ingot Chewer's self-sacrificing evoke makes it a clean, cheap contribution to that count while still answering a threat.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

In Commander, Ingot Chewer earns its slot specifically in red decks that profit from creatures entering or dying — evoke for one mana and get a free artifact destruction trigger attached to a graveyard-filler. In Pauper, it's a staple sideboard card against artifact-heavy strategies, where the evoke cost makes it one of the most efficient answers available at common. Legacy and Vintage both have access to it, though the competition at one mana is steep enough that it only sees sideboard consideration when artifact hate is at a premium. It's not legal in Pioneer or Standard, which barely matters given how format-specific its appeal is.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.22 bulk tier

At $0.22, Ingot Chewer is firmly bulk — you can pick up a playset for less than a dollar and expect that price to stay flat indefinitely. It does exactly what it's priced to do: cheap, functional, and easy to slot in without a second thought.

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