Ironsoul Enforcer
Artifact Creature — Human Samurai
Whenever this creature or a commander you control attacks alone, return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Neon Dynasty Commander
- Price
- $0.58
- EDHREC rank
- #6430
Ironsoul Enforcer turns every attacking Vehicle crew into a free artifact from your graveyard — that's a recursive engine stapled to your combat step. Megatron, Tyrant runs it in nearly two-thirds of decks for good reason, and any build that swings with crewed artifacts wants it in the 99.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Megatron, Tyrant
Megatron, Tyrant converts damage into Treasure and artifacts, and Ironsoul Enforcer feeds that loop by recurring spent artifacts every time Megatron's Vehicle crew attacks — the two cards form a self-reinforcing value engine that rarely runs out of fuel.
Raiyuu, Storm's Edge
Raiyuu, Storm's Edge rewards single-combat-step attacks with an extra one, and Ironsoul Enforcer triggers on each of those attacks, letting Samurai and Warrior crews recover artifacts turn after turn without spending additional resources.
Shorikai, Genesis Engine
Shorikai, Genesis Engine is itself a Vehicle that crews and attacks, so Ironsoul Enforcer slots in as a persistent value piece that offsets the card disadvantage of crewing the commander every combat.
Kotori, Pilot Prodigy
Kotori, Pilot Prodigy gives Vehicles crewing and untapping advantages, and Ironsoul Enforcer adds a recursion layer on top — every attack cycle becomes a net-positive transaction in a shell that already wants to crew as often as possible.
Oswald Fiddlebender
Oswald Fiddlebender sacrifices artifacts to tutor up better ones, and Ironsoul Enforcer replenishes the fodder supply by returning an artifact from the graveyard each combat — the two create a loop where attacking funds Oswald's next activation.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ironsoul Enforcer is a Commander card through and through — its value compounds over a long game with repeated attack steps, which is exactly the environment Commander provides. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, a five-mana artifact that requires a Vehicle crew to trigger graveyard recursion is far too slow to matter. Commander is where the recursion loop has time to pay off, especially in Vehicle-heavy builds or any deck that crews and attacks reliably each turn. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth mentioning: if your planeswalker strategy includes artifact synergies, Ironsoul Enforcer can pull weight, but the tighter game length makes its payoff less consistent than in Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Najeela, the Blade-BlossomIronsoul EnforcerComposite Golem
Infinite combat phases; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
$0.58 bulk tier
At $0.58, Ironsoul Enforcer sits firmly in bulk territory, which makes it an easy include — you're paying almost nothing for a repeatable recursion effect that would cost real money if it were on a more format-agnostic card. Bulk rares with narrow homes rarely spike, so don't expect the price to move unless a new Vehicle commander hits and drives targeted demand.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.