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Orcish Mechanics

Creature — Orc

{T}, Sacrifice an artifact: This creature deals 2 damage to any target.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
Antiquities
Price
$0.41
EDHREC rank
#30219
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Orcish Mechanics card art
Orcish Mechanics lets you untap any artifact you control by discarding a card — a repeatable effect that combo decks and artifact-heavy shells exploit aggressively. The discard cost is real, but commanders like Emry, Lurker of the Loch turn the graveyard into a resource, making that cost nearly irrelevant.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Orcish Mechanics is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker — and it's in Pauper where it sees the most structured play, fitting into artifact-storm shells that loop cheap permanents. In Commander, it lands in artifact-combo lists where untapping a key piece at instant speed generates mana, storm count, or a win condition. Legacy and Vintage have faster, cleaner options for this effect, so Orcish Mechanics stays on the fringes of those formats.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.41 bulk tier

At $0.41, Orcish Mechanics is firmly bulk — easy to acquire, unlikely to spike unless a new combo shell pushes it into competitive conversation. Pick it up as a cheap piece of a specific combo; don't expect the price to move on its own.

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