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Iron League Steed

Artifact Creature — Construct

Haste
Fabricate 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it or create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.)

CMC
4
Mana cost
{4}
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Kaladesh
Price
$0.12
EDHREC rank
#23426
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Iron League Steed card art
Iron League Steed enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter regardless of how it got there, which makes it a natural fit for any engine that repeatedly recurs artifacts. Pair it with Nim Deathmantle and a sacrifice outlet and each loop drops a fresh counter — it's a low-floor piece that punches above a four-mana 2/2 the moment you have any recursion infrastructure in play.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Iron League Steed is a Commander card — full stop. The enter-the-battlefield trigger rewards the recursion loops, sacrifice synergies, and +1/+1 counter payoffs that Commander enables better than any sixty-card format. In Pauper it's technically legal but a vanilla 2/2 for four with a marginal upside doesn't clear the efficiency bar the format demands. Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy have no interest in a four-mana artifact creature that doesn't immediately threaten the board or advance a combo on its own. Play it in Commander, ignore it everywhere else.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightViscera SeerIron League Steed

Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightViscera SeerIron League Steed

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite scry 1

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Price Context

Current price

$0.12 bulk tier

At $0.12, Iron League Steed is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box without thinking twice. Bulk artifact creatures with niche combo potential don't typically climb in price unless a specific commander pushes them into the spotlight, so treat this as a free pickup rather than a spec.

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