Marauding Dreadship
Artifact — Vehicle
Haste
When this Vehicle enters, incubate 2. (Create an Incubator token with two +1/+1 counters on it and "
: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)
Crew 2 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 2 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #22263
Marauding Dreadship lands as a 5/4 with ward 2 and the ability to crew itself by tapping to add mana — it's a self-sufficient vehicle that pulls double duty as a threat and a mana source. Five mana is a real ask, but the combination of evasion-adjacent protection and built-in crew makes it worth the slot in the right shell.
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, Marauding Dreadship fits best in decks that want a resilient, self-crewing threat — pirates, sea monsters, or any strategy that benefits from incidental mana generation on a sizeable body. In Pauper, a 5/4 ward 2 for five is a legitimate threat at common, and the mana ability has real upside in slower, grindier games. Modern and Legacy have little interest — five mana for a creature without immediate board impact or combo utility is simply too slow for those formats. Oathbreaker and Pioneer offer similar Commander-style applications, but narrower card pools mean it competes harder for the five-drop slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Marauding Dreadship is deep bulk — the floor for any Magic card. That price isn't going anywhere; vehicles with conditional upside rarely appreciate unless a dedicated archetype breaks out around them.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.