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Oreplate Pangolin

Artifact Creature — Robot Pangolin

Whenever another artifact you control enters, you may pay {1}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
Edge of Eternities
Price
$0.09
EDHREC rank
#16647
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Oreplate Pangolin card art
Oreplate Pangolin puts a sizeable body on the board and generates +1/+1 counters as a byproduct of spending mana — exactly what counter-synergy decks want from a mid-range creature. The payoff is real enough that Animation Module turns every activation into a token factory, but outside dedicated counter shells this is just a fat vanilla.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Oreplate Pangolin is legal across every major format, but it only earns a slot in Commander, where the game goes long enough for its counter-generation to compound and where synergy payoffs are dense enough to justify a five-mana creature that doesn't immediately win the board. In powered eternal formats like Legacy and Vintage, five mana for a creature with no immediate impact is a non-starter. Modern and Pioneer have enough efficient threats that Oreplate Pangolin can't compete for slots outside the most dedicated +1/+1 counter brews, and even there it's fringe. Pauper's card pool is narrower, but the format is fast enough that this cost-to-effect ratio still doesn't clear the bar.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.09 bulk tier

At $0.09, Oreplate Pangolin is deep bulk — you're picking this out of a common box or throwing it in as a filler order. Bulk stays bulk; don't expect the price to move unless a future set creates a breakout counter-synergy commander that pulls demand upward.

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