Ironclad Krovod
Creature — Beast
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Core Set 2020
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #28603
Ironclad Krovod gives your attacking creatures a toughness-based pump and replaces itself with a Food token when it dies — reasonable on-board presence, but four mana for a 2/4 with no evasion is a steep ask in competitive pods. It earns a slot in creature-dense go-wide or lifegain strategies and nowhere else.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ironclad Krovod is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but realistically only Pauper and casual Commander are where it sees any daylight. In Commander it targets a narrow band of decks — token swarms or Food-matters builds that can use both halves — and even there it competes with cheaper, more impactful four-drops. In Pauper the toughness-matters angle is niche, and the body is undersized for the cost. Across Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage, the power bar is high enough that Ironclad Krovod never enters the conversation.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Ironclad Krovod sits squarely in bulk territory, which tracks with its narrow application. Don't expect that to move — bulk commons and uncommons with situational effects tend to stay at floor price indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.