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Mortarpod

Artifact — Equipment

Living weapon (When this Equipment enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +0/+1 and has "Sacrifice this creature: This creature deals 1 damage to any target."
Equip {2}

CMC
2
Mana cost
{2}
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Duel Decks: Mirrodin Pure vs. New Phyrexia
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#16595
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Mortarpod card art
Mortarpod turns any creature into a Goblin Sharpshooter strapped to a Lightning Bolt — equip it, sacrifice the bearer, deal 1 damage to any target, repeat. The setup cost is real (2 to cast, 1 to equip), but in sacrifice-happy shells like Koll, the Forgemaster the recurring ping becomes a reliable removal engine rather than a one-shot trick.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Mortarpod earns its keep — sacrifice synergies are everywhere, and a repeatable free ping stapled to a sac outlet clears utility creatures, closes infect games, and enables infinite loops without taking up a spell slot each iteration. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but firmly outclassed; faster formats have no patience for a two-mana artifact that deals 1 damage at sorcery speed unless a very specific combo demands it. Modern is the same story — playable in theory, essentially absent in practice. Mortarpod is a Commander card wearing cross-format clothes.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Price data isn't available at the moment — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a current number. Given how narrowly Mortarpod is played outside Commander, copies tend to sit in bulk bins, and there's no reason to expect a premium unless a new combo deck puts it on the map.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.