Magmatic Galleon

Artifact — Vehicle

When this Vehicle enters, it deals 5 damage to target creature an opponent controls.
Whenever one or more creatures your opponents control are dealt excess noncombat damage, create a Treasure token.
Crew 2

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos
Price
EDHREC rank
#7005
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Magmatic Galleon card art
Magmatic Galleon hits the board as a repeatable sacrifice outlet that pings for damage every time you feed it a creature — raw, consistent pressure that scales with how often your deck wants to sacrifice things. The seven-mana cost is real, but in Edward Kenway or Mayhem Devil shells where sacrifice triggers are the whole game plan, it earns that slot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Edward Kenway

Edward Kenway

38.2% of decks · synergy 0.37

Edward Kenway's treasure-generating, sacrifice-hungry gameplan is exactly where Magmatic Galleon lives — the Galleon converts the tokens and disposable creatures Kenway churns out into direct damage while doubling as a mana sink for wide boards.

02
Balthier and Fran

Balthier and Fran

27.1% of decks · synergy 0.26

Balthier and Fran want artifacts doing work, and Magmatic Galleon doubles as a sacrifice engine and a damage source that rewards the pair's artifact-heavy playstyle without requiring extra setup.

03
Kolodin, Triumph Caster

Kolodin, Triumph Caster

22.8% of decks · synergy 0.22

Kolodin, Triumph Caster cares about creatures entering and leaving the battlefield at scale, and Magmatic Galleon turns that churn into a reliable pinging engine that pressures life totals in the background.

04
Aegar, the Freezing Flame

Aegar, the Freezing Flame

20.3% of decks · synergy 0.20

Aegar, the Freezing Flame triggers off excess damage to creatures, and Magmatic Galleon's repeated small pings consistently hit toughness thresholds that generate card draw off Aegar's ability.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Magmatic Galleon is a value piece rather than a centerpiece — it rewards sacrifice-heavy builds with incremental damage and doesn't ask for much beyond a steady stream of creatures. Competitive Commander largely ignores it at seven mana, but mid-power tables where games go long will get full use out of the Galleon's repeatable activation. In constructed formats like Standard, Pioneer, and Modern, Magmatic Galleon is almost certainly too slow and too conditional — aggressive and midrange decks don't want a seven-mana artifact that requires additional resources to generate meaningful board impact. It's legal across the major formats but finds a real home only at the Commander table.

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Price Context

Current price

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Current pricing data for Magmatic Galleon isn't available in the system, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. As a seven-mana Commander role-player with a narrow home in sacrifice and Ixalan-themed builds, don't expect premium pricing — it's the kind of card that typically sits in bulk-rare territory unless demand from a specific commander spikes it.

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