Metathran Elite
Creature — Metathran Soldier
This creature can't be blocked as long as it's enchanted.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #30099
Metathran Elite hits the board as a 2/2 with islandwalk and protection from green — evasion baked in for free, in colors that almost never need to pay for it. A two-mana blue creature with this statline is fine, but 'fine' doesn't earn roster spots in Commander.
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 |
Metathran Elite is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, islandwalk is narrow — it blanks in games where no opponent runs blue — and protection from green only matters if the table is running green threats, making this a sometimes-unblockable, sometimes-irrelevant two-drop. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a 2/2 that doesn't immediately affect the board state. Oathbreaker is the one context where a cheap evasive blue body in a tempo or Voltron shell could theoretically find a home, but even there Metathran Elite is near the bottom of the candidate list.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Metathran Elite is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. Don't expect that price to move; narrow evasion creatures with no combo role or format demand have nowhere to go but a trade binder.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.