Phyrexian Snowcrusher
Snow Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Juggernaut
This creature attacks each combat if able.
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. ( can be paid with one mana from a snow source.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #22019
Phyrexian Snowcrusher is a 6/5 trampler for seven mana that pitches snow permanents to pump itself — a payoff that costs too much for too little in almost every context. The one place it earns its slot is Isu the Abominable, where the snow synergy is the whole point.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Isu the Abominable
Isu the Abominable rewards stacking snow permanents, and Phyrexian Snowcrusher doubles as a win condition and a mana sink for excess snow lands — the discard-to-pump ability keeps it relevant past the point where raw stats would normally fall off.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Phyrexian Snowcrusher is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no competitive play outside of Commander's snow tribal shells. In Legacy and Vintage, seven mana for a creature with no immediate board impact is unplayable — those formats end games before Snowcrusher resolves. Modern has no incentive either; the snow payoffs that exist there go wider and cheaper. Commander is the only home, and even there it's a narrow inclusion confined to dedicated snow builds rather than a general goodstuff pick.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Phyrexian Snowcrusher is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. Narrow tribal staples at this price point don't appreciate unless the archetype breaks out, and snow has been a fringe Commander theme for years with no sign of a surge.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.