Lifecraft Cavalry
Creature — Elf Warrior
Trample
Revolt — This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it if a permanent left the battlefield under your control this turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kaladesh Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #26973
Lifecraft Cavalry is a five-mana 4/4 that becomes a 6/6 trampler if you control an artifact when it enters — solid stats, but the condition does real work only in dedicated artifact shells. Outside those shells, it's a vanilla beater that competes poorly for its slot.
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 |
In Commander, Lifecraft Cavalry earns its seat in artifact-matters builds where the artifact condition triggers reliably and trample makes it a credible attacker in a multiplayer board state. In Pauper, where it's legal, the bar for five-mana creatures is steep and the card sees essentially no play. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have no interest — those formats demand far more efficiency at this cost. Lifecraft Cavalry is a Commander-or-bust card, and even there it's a role-player, not a staple.
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Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Lifecraft Cavalry isn't available in the current market snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given its narrow application and low demand, it almost certainly sits well under a dollar — pick it up without concern for the budget.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.